Name/Title
75-77 Church Street (Louis Danjou House and Carriage House/Brewton's Corner)Entry/Object ID
CHURCH.075-77.1Scope and Content
Constructed ca. 1810; renovated ca. 1925; some subsequent restoration. Built by the grocer Louis Danjou, an immigrant born in Cluny, France, on the site of a wooden house built by the Brewton family and on a spot usually called Brewton's Corner, this building functioned as both a commercial and residential space from the early-19th century to the mid-20th century. The ground-floor rooms functioned successively as a grocery, a doctor's receiving room (for the antebellum physician Dr. Peter Porcher), a school (the Gaud School, forerunner of today's Porter-Gaud School), and a series of antique shops. The Church Street entrance of the 3½ story, Flemish bond brick building consists of a finely crafted doorway lit by a transom with curved wooden muntins, one of the oldest intact commercial entrances in the city. Rented as a winter residence in 1928 by Loutrel Briggs, the noted landscape architect, and his wife, the house and adjacent properties on Tradd and Church Streets were subsequently renovated as an inn, for decades a popular hostelry for spring visitors. In the 1920s the street end of the piazza was closed off and Loutrel Briggs designed the plan for the courtyard garden. The original carriage house at 75 Church Street retains its arched door openings, and though still part of the property, it has been renovated as a separate residence. (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); FOH House history (1999); other narrative histories; Sanborn maps (1884, 1888, 1902, 1941, 1951, 1955); newspaper articles (including DYKYC); house history from Information for Guides of Historic Charleston; historical/chain-of-title research notes; measured drawings of interior architectural details (Some Charleston Mansions, White Pine Series, Kenneth Clark, 1928).
The files will also eventually include annual inspection reports, requests for alterations, and correspondence and other documentation related to the management of the property.
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 RecordsAcquisition
Accession
CHURCH.075-77.Source or Donor
75-77 Church Street (Louis Danjou House/Brewton's Corner)Acquisition Method
Collected by StaffLexicon
Search Terms
Church Street, Easement Property, Historic buildings--South Carolina--CharlestonArchive Details
Archive Size/Extent
1 Gift Folder
1 Management Folder
1 History/Miscellaneous FolderArchive Notes
Finding Aids: Index to Property Files
Level of Description: FolderLocation
Location
Shelf
Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentDate
February 7, 2023Location
Container
PF Box 25Shelf
Prop File Shelves, Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentRelationships
Related Entries
Notes
2006.010.076-77, 2014.015.07, 2014.015.23, 2014.015.24, 2014.015.28, 2014.015.29, CHURCH.075-77.2, CHURCH.075-77.3a-d, CHURCH.075-77.4, CHURCH.075-77.5a-e
Related Units of Description: See also Easement Manager's working files for more information.Related Publications
Notes
Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 74-75
Some Charleston Mansions (P320)General Notes
Note
Notes: Also known as Brewton-Sawter House.Created By
admin@catalogit.appCreate Date
January 11, 2007Updated By
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February 17, 2023