70 Cunnington Avenue (Magnolia Cemetery)

Archive

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Historic Charleston Foundation

Magnolia Cemetery Postcard

Magnolia Cemetery Postcard

Name/Title

70 Cunnington Avenue (Magnolia Cemetery)

Entry/Object ID

CUNNINGTON.070.1

Scope and Content

Designed by architect Edward C. Jones in 1850, Magnolia Cemetery was dubbed the City of the Silent in a poem by the "Poet Laureate of the Confederacy," Henry Timrod. (The poem is Ode Sung on the Occasion of Decorating the Graves of the Confederate Dead at Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, S. C., 1867.) The original plantation farmhouse dates to 1790. It has been renovated and now hosts the cemetery offices. Nearby, a huge live oak bends its heavy limbs to the ground as if kneeling in prayer. The original gatehouse, receiving tomb and probably many of the mausoleums are part of the original 1850 cemetery structures. Union soldiers, who encamped here before they took Charleston during the Civil War, destroyed the chapel. Around 35,000 people are buried at Magnolia--statesmen, heroes, poets, artists and philanthropists. It is still a working cemetery. (Source: SCOCR Website) File contains very brief newspaper notice (1995) regarding the Gate House restoration earning a Carolopolis Award; National Register Nomination form; brief history from City of Charleston Tour Guide Training Manual; cemetery history prepared by Katherine Saunders Pemberton for APT Conference Field Session (Oct. 2012).

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

CUNNINGTON.070.

Source or Donor

70 Cunnington Avenue (Magnolia Cemetery)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

Magnolia Cemetery (Charleston, S.C.), Cemeteries--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 32

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Location

Container

2

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

June 21, 2007

Updated By

admin@catalogit.app

Update Date

February 17, 2023