301 East Bay Street (Moses Levy House)

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Historic Charleston Foundation

301 East Bay Street: Origsize: 8x10; Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 75 dpi
301 East Bay Street

Origsize: 8x10; Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 75 dpi

Name/Title

301 East Bay Street (Moses Levy House)

Entry/Object ID

EBAY.301.1

Scope and Content

Constructed ca. 1816; rehabilitated 1980s. The leader, or hazan, of Temple Beth Elohim constructed this 3-story brick house. Moses Levy is best known for having saved the sacred scrolls from the burning synagogue during the fire of 1838, while 5 of his own properties burned in the conflagration. Moses Levy's son Jacob and daughter-in-law Fanny Yates Levy took up residence in the house by 1819. Jacob Levy was educated in Europe and met his bride in her native city of Liverpool. Her noted portrait by Thomas Sully now hangs in the Corcoran Gallery. The house was sold to the steamship entrepreneur James Adger in 1849 and it briefly served as the home of the South's famous pro-slavery novelist, William Grayson. The house is particularly noted for the elaborate Federal style architrave with oval paterae and gouge work that serves as its piazza entrance. Similarly exuberant Neoclassical woodwork ornaments the interior. File contains house history from Information for Guides of Historic Charleston; correspondence from HCF (1978) declining the purchase of 297, 299, and 301 East Bay Street.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

EBAY.301.

Source or Donor

301 East Bay Street (Moses Levy House)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

East Bay Street, Ansonborough, 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 39

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

2009.010.1.15, 2014.020.01, EBAY.301.2, EBAY.301.3

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 432

General Notes

Note

Notes: Photo 2 in this record was taken by Philip Staats. This was one of 8 negatives sent to Karen Emmons by Cathy Forrester on 8/5/2014 for identification. Cynthia Coker identified the building.

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

January 9, 2008

Updated By

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Update Date

February 16, 2023