131 Church Street (James Huston House)

Archive

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Historic Charleston Foundation

131 Church Street

131 Church Street

Name/Title

131 Church Street (James Huston House)

Entry/Object ID

CHURCH.131.1

Scope and Content

Constructed ca. 1809. Originally purchased by Alexander Calder, the former owner of nearby Planter's Hotel, this parcel was sold to Calder's son-in-law, a merchant tailor, who constructed this building with commercial space on the first floor and living quarters above. While the first floor is relatively restrained, the second floor has exuberant Neoclassical woodwork. Calder lived and worked here until his death in 1824. The house was briefly owned by the Confederate secretary of the Treasury George Trenholm (who owned many investment properties), but after the war it declined into a slum. Restored in 1929, the 3-bay brick house still retains the central front door which originally led into the shop space from the street, a relatively unusual survival. (Poston, Buildings of Charleston.) File contains documentation of the easement on the property including related correspondence; Part I certification (National Register); easement appraisal report which includes site analysis, maps, floor plans, etc.; annual inspection reports, requests for alterations, and correspondence related to the management of the property; proposal for brick restoration work, with photographs; FOHG house histories (1948, 1979, undated); newspaper article; Rosen and Associates inspection report (1990). 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.131.

Source or Donor

131 Church Street (James Huston 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

Location

Shelf

Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Location

Container

PF Box 27

Building

Missroon/Archives/Property File Shelves

Category

Permanent

Location

Container

PF Box 28

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

CHURCH.131.2a-d, CHURCH.131.3, CHURCH.131.4, CHURCH.131.5a-h Related Units of Description: See also Easement Manager's working files for more information.

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), p. 179 1948 Festival of Homes Tour pamphlet. (See Lowcountry Digital Library, http://lcdl.library.cofc.edu/lcdl/catalog/lcdl:54095, #48.)

Created By

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Create Date

January 24, 2007

Updated By

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Update Date

February 17, 2023