14 Green Street (Knox-Lesesne House)

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Historic Charleston Foundation

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

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

Name/Title

14 Green Street (Knox-Lesesne House)

Entry/Object ID

GREEN.014.1

Scope and Content

Constructed ca. 1846; rehabilitated 1972-73. Walter Knox, a carpenter, bought this lot following the dismemberment of the college property in 1817. After his death, Katherine Knox built this dwelling with Greek Revival and Tuscan or Italianate style detailing. Mrs. Knox lived here at the time of the war. The house is 3 stories tall with a surmounting hipped roof and cupola. Several tiers of cast-iron front piazzas as well as triple-tiered Tuscan piazzas ornament the house. Owned by Albert Osceola Jones, an African American who served as a South Carolina representative between 1870 and 1881, the house was sold to Charlestonian Willie James Lesesne in the early-20th century. The college restored the house in 1972-73 and it serves as a women's dormitory. (Buildings of Charleston.) File contains article entitled "Saving the Lesesne House" from 1964 Preservation Progress; 1961 Evening Post article; excerpt from Gems in a Crown: A Pictorial of Preservation at the College of Charleston.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

GREEN.014.

Source or Donor

14 Green Street (Knox-Lesesne House)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Gates, Ironwork, Piazzas, Cast ironwork

Search Terms

Green Street / Green Way, Harleston Village, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, College of Charleston--Buildings

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 44

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

2005.011.012, 2011.015.72, GREEN.014.2a-b, GREEN.014.3, GREEN.014.4, GREEN.014.5

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 516

General Notes

Note

Notes: Photo in this record from Whit Smith Collection (on loan).

Created By

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Create Date

July 7, 2008

Updated By

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Update Date

February 17, 2023