76-78 Church Street

Archive

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Historic Charleston Foundation

78 Church Street

78 Church Street

Name/Title

76-78 Church Street

Entry/Object ID

CHURCH.076-78.1

Scope and Content

Constructed ca. 1785; various 19th century renovations. Two post revolutionary dwellings have been combined in recent years as one residence. Both are brick with early stucco coatings. While the house at 76 Church has a significant clay pantile roof, its neighbor has long been noted for its unusually old-fashioned steep roofline (called "medieval" by Albert Simons and Samuel Lapham) and bulky early chimneys. The cast-iron balcony at 78 Church probably dates from the 1820s. The house at 76 Church is a designated National Historic Landmark, as DuBose Heyward wrote the novel Porgy here. (Poston, Buildings of Charleston.) File contains house history from Information for Guides of Historic Charleston; newspaper articles (including 1930 DYKYC); photocopies of photos; copy of drawing of 78 Church Street (by Alice Huger Smith); National Register Nomination Form; Rosen and Associates inspection report (2006) for 78 Church; copy of 1808 plat showing single house and dependencies.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

CHURCH.076-78.

Source or Donor

76-78 Church Street

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

Church Street, National Register of Historic Places, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Property File

Archive Details

Archive Size/Extent

1 File 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 Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Heyward, Dubose

Related Entries

Notes

2011.015.36a-d, 2016.014.15, 2016.014.21, CHURCH.074.1, CHURCH.074.2a-b, CHURCH.074.3, CHURCH.074.4, CHURCH.076-78.2a-b, CHURCH.076-78.3, CHURCH.078.1

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 74

Created By

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Create Date

January 11, 2007

Updated By

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Update Date

February 17, 2023