178-180 East Bay Street (Stephen Lefevre Buildings)

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178-180 East Bay Street: Origsize: 4x6; Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 100 dpi
178-180 East Bay Street

Origsize: 4x6; Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 100 dpi

Name/Title

178-180 East Bay Street (Stephen Lefevre Buildings)

Entry/Object ID

EBAY.178-180.1

Scope and Content

Constructed ca. 1800; altered ca. 1830-50; rehabilitated 1980s. This building stands on a lot formerly bordering a Cooper River wharf owned after the Revolution by Commodore Alexander Gillon, as was much of this side of the street. By 1794 a subsequent owner, Michael Lajonchere, leased the site to fellow French merchant Stephen Lefevre. By 1803 directories show Lefevre's place of business as Nichols Wharf (later Accomodation Wharf) lying nearly behind this building. In 1834 Lefevre, or his son and heir, then living in Paris, sold the property to Nathaniel Fields. The new owner probably added the stucco window surrounds and possibly the wrought-iron window grills. An early-20th century owner removed a pantiled, hipped roof with three dormers, replacing it with the stepped parapet. From 1916 to 1951 this served as the wholesale grocery of E.F.A. Wieters and Sons, yet another of the German-owned businesses of this type along East Bay Street. File contains newspaper articles (including DYKYC); building history from Information for Guides of Historic Charleston; Rosen and Associates inspection report (2000).

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

EBAY.178-180.

Source or Donor

178-180 East Bay Street (Stephen Lefevre Buildings)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Commercial buildings

Search Terms

East Bay Street, 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 36

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

EBAY.178-180.2a-b

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 114

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

December 12, 2007

Updated By

admin@catalogit.app

Update Date

February 17, 2023