Name/Title
11 Fulton Street (Grace Peixotto House)Entry/Object ID
FULTON.011.1Scope and Content
Constructed ca. 1852; renovated mid -1980s, 1991. In 1851, the entrepreneur Grace Peixotto purchased a lot on what was then called Beresford Street and built a brothel. After her death in 1879 or 1880, the property passed to Jacob S. Myers. Although Myers, a mariner and dealer in cigars in tobacco, is listed as the owner, various madams are noted as residents until the end of WW II. At this time, the property contained, in addition to the main building, a two-story brick building and a three-story brick building arranged around a courtyard and linked by piazzas. After the building was vacated in the postwar era, it was rented to navy petty officers and their families. These tenants petitioned the changing of the street name to Fulton to put an end to any ties to the former address. Subsequently, the building served as a furniture warehouse, a storage facility, a bar, and offices. (Poston, Buildings of Charleston.)
File contains building history from the Vernacular Architecture of Charleston & the Lowcountry; newspaper articles (including 1980, 1986 DYKYC); building history from Information for Guides of Historic Charleston; chain-of-title research notes; Charleston Magazine article "History of the Unholy City" about Charleston brothels, including 11 Fulton Street; photocopy of map (plat) of 11 and 13 Beresford Street (now Fulton Street), 1951; information about Grace Peixotto from This Happy Land.Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property RecordsAcquisition
Accession
FULTON.011.Source or Donor
11 Fulton Street (Grace Peixotto House)Acquisition Method
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Search Terms
Fulton Street, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Brothels--South Carolina--CharlestonArchive Details
Archive Size/Extent
1 File 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 42Shelf
Prop File Shelves, Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentLocation
Container
2Shelf
Prop File Shelves, Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
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Notes
FULTON.011.2, FULTON.011.3a-c, FULTON.011.4a-dRelated Publications
Notes
Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 352Created By
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May 15, 2008Updated By
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February 17, 2023