Name/Title
51 Hasell Street (Glover House/Mary Baker Eddy House)Entry/Object ID
HASELL.051.1Scope and Content
Constructed ca. 1840. One of 3 Charleston single houses that seem appropriately scaled in ascending order from the corner of Anson toward the west. Each shows characteristics of having been built immediately after the fire of 1838. The most historically important of the group is probably 51 Hasell Street. This house was apparently built by George Washington Glover, a contractor of New England extraction who came to the city to rebuild some houses in the neighborhood after the fire of 1838. His young wife, Mary Baker of New Hampshire, quickly became part of a small group of intellectuals of New England extraction in the city. A few years after their arrival George Glover died and his young widow left Charleston. In 1866 after her remarriage, Mary Baker Glover Eddy became the founder of the Christian Science religion.
File contains narrative history by Ernest Shealy (1987) and historical/chain-of-title research report by Jewel Spangler Smaus (1988); six-part history of George W. Glover and family, by Jewel Spangler Smaus (Longyear Historical Society and Museum Quarterly News); research on the Major George W. Glover (unattributed, undated) and title research on 51 Hasell (compiled by Laurence Zelner, 1987); correspondence related to the possible purchase of the house by members of the Christian Science Church; copy of title/deed(?) related to the sale of the Hasell Street parcel to George W. Glover (fairly illegible); photocopy of ARP photograph.Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property RecordsAcquisition
Accession
HASELL.051.Source or Donor
51 Hasell Street (Glover House)Acquisition Method
Collected by StaffLexicon
Search Terms
Hasell Street, Ansonborough, Ansonborough Rehabilitation Project (ARP), Historic buildings--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 BoxShelf
Prop File Shelves, Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentNotes
PF Box 68Location
Container
PF Box 45Shelf
Prop File Shelves, Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentRelationships
Related Entries
Notes
HASELL.051.2, HASELL.051.3
Related Units of Description: See also "Ansonborough" document box, Preservation Topics shelves.Created By
admin@catalogit.appCreate Date
July 16, 2008Updated By
sferguson@historiccharleston.orgUpdate Date
August 24, 2023