62 Church Street (Mary W. Fife House)

Archive

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Historic Charleston Foundation

62 Church Street (2000)

62 Church Street (2000)

Name/Title

62 Church Street (Mary W. Fife House)

Entry/Object ID

CHURCH.062.1

Scope and Content

Constructed ca. 1817; altered ca. 1840, 1972. Although this site was part of original Charles Town lot 78, earlier houses on the site had disappeared by 1815. Combined at this period with property on East Bay Street and holding "a drain" and well, the owner, John Woddrop, conveyed the lot to the widow Mary W. Fife, who probably built the current house. Fife's son sold the property to druggist James Heilbrun, owner of several other sites along Church Street. Hielbrun operated "sulfur baths" in mid-19th century Charleston, and some have speculated that the reference to the well on this site, under the present house, may hold significance. Much of the interior of the house relates to the late Greek Revival period, indicating substantial renovations during the ownership of Heilbrun or after his sale of the house in 1863. (Poston. Buildings of Charleston.) Files contain documentation of the easement on the property including related correspondence; Part I certification (National Register) (cover page only); annual inspection reports, requests for alterations, and correspondence related to the management of the property; documentation related to the Loutrel Briggs garden plan (specifications, bid for planting, 1973-1974); BAR application (3/2001), which include photos and floor plans and door elevations; statement of significance, description of physical appearance, and chain-of-title research (Albee, 2001); chain-of-title research notes (Harlan Greene, SCHS, undated); FOHG house histories (one ca. 1980s?, one ca. 1990s?, 2006); Sanborn maps (1984, 1888, 1902, 1944, 1951); real estate information packet (2000) which includes floor plans and photos; draft of article by homeowner about the restoration of the garden (2016). See Easement Documentation Photo Files for easement donation photographs (Exh. B to Deed of Conservation Easement). No inspection photographs on file (see Easement Manager).

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

CHURCH.062.

Source or Donor

62 Church Street (Mary W. Fife House)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

Church Street, Easement Property, Loutrel Briggs garden, 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

Location

Shelf

Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

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

2015.025.1, 2015.025.2, 2017.020.1, 2017.020.2, 2017.020.3 Related Units of Description: See also Easement Manager's working files for more information.

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 69-70

General Notes

Note

Notes: Per Easement Manager, 7/29/2015: Homeowner has original Loutrel Briggs drawings (1974) framed in her house.

Created By

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Create Date

January 4, 2007

Updated By

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Update Date

February 17, 2023