Name/Title
91 East Bay Street (Inglis Arch House)Entry/Object ID
EBAY.091.1Scope and Content
Constructed ca. 1778, ca. 1782; restored 1938. This has been called the "Inglis Arch House" for many years because it is on the site of a pre-Revolutionary building leased by George Inglis and possessing an archway leading to an alley; the original dwelling burned in the fire of 1778. After the Revolution the mercantile firm of Leger and Greenwood rebuilt on the site. Leger and Greenwood are famous as importers of tea in the years immediately before the Revolution; it was their tea seized by Charleston citizens in the Charleston Tea Party in 1775. Briefly owned by Nathaniel Russell, the structure was sold to Frederick Kohne, who prospered at this site and willed the building to the Charleston Orphan House. Remodeled in the Greek Revival style, probably by Charles West, who operated a ship chandlery on the ground story, the building received extensive damage during the siege of the city in 1864. After several commercial uses the house was restored in 1938. The Greek Revival facade with its storefront and parapeted roofline was replaced with the current ground story and the upper pediment with a bulls-eye opening. (Poston, Buildings of Charleston.)
Four files contain documentation of the easement on the property including related correspondence and Confirmation of Understanding; Amendment to Deed of Conservation Easement; Part I certification (National Register); annual inspection reports, requests for alterations, and correspondence related to the management of the property (both 91 East Bay and 91.5 East Bay); FOHG house histories; other narrative histories including chain-of-title research; plats; Sanborn maps; copies of photographs; archaeological report (2004).
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
EBAY.091.Source or Donor
91 East Bay Street (Inglis Arch House)Acquisition Method
Collected by StaffLexicon
Search Terms
Easement Property, East Bay Street, Rainbow Row, Historic buildings--South Carolina--CharlestonArchive Details
Archive Size/Extent
1 Gift Folder
1 Management Folder for 91 East Bay
1 Management Folder for 91.5 East Bay
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 34Shelf
Prop File Shelves, Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentLocation
Container
PF Box 35Shelf
Prop File Shelves, Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentRelationships
Related Entries
Notes
EBAY.091.2, EBAY.091.3, EBAY.091.4
Related Units of Description: Easement Manager's working files
Preservation Consultants files (89-107 East Bay) (Part I and/or Part II applications and/or photos and/or miscellaneous documentation), 2011.022.1Related Publications
Notes
Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 103-104
FOH Tour booklets on Lowcountry Digital LibraryCreated By
admin@catalogit.appCreate Date
October 30, 2007Updated By
admin@catalogit.appUpdate Date
February 16, 2023