64 Hasell Street (Benjamin Smith House)

Archive

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Historic Charleston Foundation

Name/Title

64 Hasell Street (Benjamin Smith House)

Entry/Object ID

HASELL.064.1

Scope and Content

Constructed ca. 1843; rehabilitated 1982-83. A well-to-do building-supply merchant constructed this handsome Greek Revival style dwelling with a front double-tiered portico. The building has an unusual U-shaped plan with two large front rooms separated by a central hall and two smaller rooms at the rear. The interior is lavishly decorated with plaster friezes and extravagantly carved window and door frames in the Corinthian order. The double steps and wrought-iron rail add great distinction to the entry of the building. Held by a succession of noted Charleston families, the house passed to the Mazycks in 1852 and thence in 1853 to Mary Mazyck Gadsden, whose descendants held the property until 1937. (Poston, Buildings of Charleston.) File contains scant historical research notes; newspaper articles (including 1971, 1972 DYKYC); photocopies of photos of exterior and interior (unattributed, undated); 1886 Earthquake damage assessment; Hurricane Hugo damage survey (PDF); correspondence and other documentation, including City Council proceedings from 1977, related to an application for rezoning (1982).

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

HASELL.064.

Source or Donor

64 Hasell Street (Benjamin Smith House)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

Hasell Street, Ansonborough, Ansonborough Rehabilitation Project (ARP), 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 46

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

2006.010.252-261, HASELL.064.2, HASELL.064.3, HASELL.064.4a-b Related Units of Description: See also "Ansonborough" document box, Preservation Topics shelves.

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 449

General Notes

Note

Notes: Photo in record from Bayless collection. Per descendant, Bill Gadsden (wgadsden@aol.com, 973-805-2047): his family owned 64 and 66 Hasell Street in the second half of the 1800s and early 1900s.

Created By

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Create Date

July 17, 2008

Updated By

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Update Date

February 17, 2023