60 Church Street (Veree-Duvall House)

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

CHURCH.060.1

Scope and Content

Constructed before 1774. James Veree, a French Huguenot carpenter, purchased a parcel containing the lots where 56, 58, and 60 Church Street stand in 1754 and probably constructed the house at 60 Church Street later. The outstanding feature of this 2-story frame dwelling is the west 1st-floor room, having pre-Revolutionary mahogany paneling with fretwork inlay, possibly attributable to Martin Pfeninger, a German cabinetmaker living in Charleston in the 1770s. After Veree moved to Burlington, New Jersey, he sold 60 Church to Stephen Duvall, a bar pilot, who furnished it elaborately, according to his surviving estate inventory. An officer in the South Carolina navy in the Revolution, Duvall died of a fever while imprisoned by the British under the Exchange Building in 1780. (Poston, Buildings of Charleston.) Three files contain documentation of the easement on the property including related correspondence and Confirmation of Understanding; Part I certification (National Register); alteration plans that occurred during formal easement process; annual inspection reports, requests for alterations, and correspondence related to the management of the property; FOHG house histories (1991 and undated) and garden history (1997); house history from Vernacular Architecture of Charleston and the Lowcountry; 1886 Earthquake damage assessment; Hurricane Hugo damage assessment; newspaper articles (including 1982 DYKYC); historical/chain-of-title research information; household inventory of Stephen Duvall; photocopy of 1882 City Block plat; photocopy of drawing by Albert Simons of the mahogany drawing room paneling. See Easement Documentation Photo Files for easement donation photographs (Exh. B to Deed of Conservation Easement) and Covenant/Easement Inspection Photo Files for inspection photography.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

CHURCH.060.

Source or Donor

60 Church Street (Veree-Duvall House)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

Church Street, Easement Property, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Property File

Archive Details

Archive Size/Extent

1 Gift Folder 1 Management Folder 1 History/Miscellaneous Folder

Archive Notes

Finding Aids: Index to Property Files Level of Description: Folder

Location

Shelf

Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Location

Container

PF Box 24

Building

Missroon/Archives/Property File Shelves

Category

Permanent

Location

Container

PF Box 25

Building

Missroon/Archives/Property File Shelves

Category

Permanent

Location

Container

PF Box 25

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

2009.010.1.5, CHURCH.056.1, CHURCH.056.2, CHURCH.056.3, CHURCH.058.1, CHURCH.058.2, CHURCH.058.3, CHURCH.060.2 Related Units of Description: See also Easement Manager's working files for more information.

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 67-68

Created By

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Create Date

January 3, 2007

Updated By

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Update Date

February 17, 2023