29 East Battery (Porcher-Simonds House)

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Historic Charleston Foundation

29 East Battery

29 East Battery

Name/Title

29 East Battery (Porcher-Simonds House)

Entry/Object ID

EBATTERY.029.1

Scope and Content

Constructed ca. 1856; altered 1890s, 1940s; rehabilitated 1983. Cotton broker Francis Porcher built this house a few years before the Civil War in the same Greek Revival style as neighboring dwellings. John C. Simonds, son of the builder of the Villa Margharita at 4 South Battery, renovated the house in a mix of Beaux Arts Classicism and Renaissance Revival detailing after 1894 with paired columns on the square portico and a double-tiered semicircular front piazza. All of the piazzas were enclosed during the Second World War, when the house was used by the U.S. Office of Naval Intelligence; John F. Kennedy occupied one of the offices. Once a single family dwelling, this house was converted into 3 condominiums in 1983. (Poston, The Buildings of Charleston.) The carriage house was converted to a separate residence with the address 0 East Battery. (Poston, Buildings of Charleston.) File contains FOHG house histories (1992, 1996); house history from Information for Guides of Historic Charleston; captioned newspaper photos regarding restoration of damaged frieze); correspondence about possible architect of the house (Godfrey Norman) [note, nothing to indicate whether or not this was confirmed]; copy of photo from Charleston Come Hell or High Water; documentation of opposition to constructing a rooftop pavilion on the building (1983) including HCF position statement, petitions, etc.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

EBATTERY.029.

Source or Donor

29 East Battery (Porcher-Simonds House)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

East Battery, 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 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

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

ATLANTIC.000.1, EBATTERY.029.2a-c

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 223

General Notes

Note

Notes: Image #2 from Architect & Building News, Aug. 20, 1892, vol. 37, copied from eBay. B&W version available via Hatha Trust, p. 224-225. (See Media tab.)

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

July 2, 2007

Updated By

admin@catalogit.app

Update Date

February 17, 2023