729 East Bay Street (Josiah Smith Tennent House)

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Historic Charleston Foundation

729 East Bay Street: Origformat: Digital Image; Resolution: 72 dpi
729 East Bay Street

Origformat: Digital Image; Resolution: 72 dpi

Name/Title

729 East Bay Street (Josiah Smith Tennent House)

Entry/Object ID

EBAY.729.1

Scope and Content

Constructed ca. 1859, the Josiah Smith Tennent House is significant for historical and architectural reasons, given its location, past ownership by prominent Charleston families, as well as uses, it represents an historic, major phenomena of construction and has played an important part in the life of the community. In its innovative design and construction, it stands out as a landmark against the skyline and a "gateway" to the City of Charleston. In 1862, the house in Hampstead became a Confederate hospital, called Soldiers' Relief Home, and also served as an asylum for displaced patients, when the First North Carolina Hospital on Mary Street burned in January 1864. The Josiah Smith Tennent House, is the focal of Charleston's upper East Side and plays an important role in the City's current plans to upgrade and revitalize this area. Elpis, Inc., worked to restore this architectural treasure. Prior to its restoration, the Tennent House reflected the decaying infrastructure of a once proud community. Restoration of the building into a center of human concerns will provide a "one-stop" service focus for single heads of household population and the next generation. (Source: Simmons Childrens Garden website and house history, Agape Ministries website, both accessible via Multimedia tab.) File contains narrative history; occupancy history from Old Codgers' Charleston Address Book; newspaper articles about its renovation (1994,1997) and its sale (2013); Architectural Feasibility Study (Heyward and Salmons, Jan. 15, 1979). No photos on file. Image in this record is from Simmons Childrens Garden website (see Multimedia Link).

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

EBAY.729.

Source or Donor

729 East Bay Street (Josiah Smith Tennent House)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

East Bay Street, East Side, Hampstead Village, 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 41

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

2014.020.04, EBAY.729.2

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 as being on Morrison Drive just below the bridge. Emmons believes it may be 729 East Bay Street.

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

May 6, 2008

Updated By

admin@catalogit.app

Update Date

February 17, 2023