40 Coming Street (W.J. Rivers House)

Archive

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Historic Charleston Foundation

40 Coming Street

40 Coming Street

Name/Title

40 Coming Street (W.J. Rivers House)

Entry/Object ID

COMING.040.1

Scope and Content

Constructed 1851; renovated in 1972. William J. Rivers, founder of the South Carolina Historical Society and author of the most important history of the state published in the 19th century, built this fine 2½ story brick dwelling in 1851 while running a private school nearby. Rivers became a professor of classical languages in 1857 at the University of South Carolina and moved to Columbia, leaving behind an elite Charleston circle, including neighbors Hugh Swinton Legare, Christopher G. Memminger, and Dr. John Bachman. The house retains its finely pointed Flemish bond front facade with brick jack arches, red sandstone window sills, belt courses, and a closed front gable with a central tripartite window. The architrave in the side piazza screen, probably original, has unusually large Rococo style console brackets supporting the overhanging lintel. Used by the College of Charleston for administrative offices. (Poston, Buildings of Charleston.) File contains FOHG house history (undated); other narrative history (source not indicated); excerpt from "Gems in the Crown" (Lightsey, 1993); historical/chain-of-title research notes (author not identified); handwritten staff research "source notes" (scant).

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

COMING.040.

Source or Donor

40 Coming Street (W.J. Rivers House)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

Coming Street, Harleston Village, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, College of Charleston--Buildings

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 30

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

COMING.040.2a-c

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 520

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

March 1, 2007

Updated By

admin@catalogit.app

Update Date

February 17, 2023