4 Greenhill Street (Axson House)

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Historic Charleston Foundation

4 Greenhill Street: Origformat: Document/Photocopy; Resolution: 75 dpi
4 Greenhill Street

Origformat: Document/Photocopy; Resolution: 75 dpi

Name/Title

4 Greenhill Street (Axson House)

Entry/Object ID

GREENHILL.004.1

Scope and Content

Built on property acquired in the 1790s by noted Charleston cabinetmaker William Axson Jr., the property was devised to his son, Samuel Edward Axson, a carpenter, along with a sum of money "sufficient to build a house thereon 35 feet by 18." Noted by the late architectural historian Albert Simons for its meticulous craftsmanship and its representation of the "continuity of pre-Revolutionary skill," this 2½ story Charleston single house with a slightly asymmetrical plan retains its original beaded weatherboarding. A double-axial-plan garden designed in the 1940s by Loutrel Briggs survives despite a subdivision of the parcel to the south. File contains narrative histories; newspaper articles (including 1939 DYKYC); house history from Information for Guides of Historic Charleston; title research notes; set of HABS drawing (reduced size); copy of photo of the house (see Note); unattributed and undated drawing of street elevation and Greenhill Street Land Plat; copy of 1997 plat. No photos on file. Image in this record is from document in the Property File.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

GREENHILL.004.

Source or Donor

4 Greenhill Street (Axson House)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

Lower Peninsula, Greenhill Street, Loutrel Briggs garden, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Historic gardens

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

GREENHILL.004.2

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 307-308 (description of this house and other houses on the street)

General Notes

Note

Notes: Image in this record is from copy of photo that originally came from the document packet in the 12 Greenhill Street file.

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

July 7, 2008

Updated By

admin@catalogit.app

Update Date

February 17, 2023