8 King Street (William Holmes House)

Archive

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Historic Charleston Foundation

8 King Street

8 King Street

Name/Title

8 King Street (William Holmes House)

Entry/Object ID

KING.008.1

Scope and Content

Constructed ca. 1791; renovated 1850s. William Holmes spent his youth in the house of his stepfather, John Edwards, at 15 Meeting Street. In 1784 Holmes purchased this lot, apparently vacant, and built on it shortly after his marriage to his stepsister, Margaret Edwards. After brief ownership by Anne Perroneau, kinswoman of the "martyred" patriot Isaac Hayne and of the heroine Rebecca Motte, occupant of the Miles Brewton House at 27 King Street, Nathaniel Ingraham acquired the property in 1799. The Ingrahams may have added the 2-story piazza and the Ionic-columned architrave of the piazza screen, as well as particularly exuberant composition work in the interior. After 1851 a new owner, the Reverend John Forrest, minister of First Scots Presbyterian Church, made minor changes. The relative purity of the Holmes House contrasts with the single house at 10 King Street, with its later siding and early-20th century side portico. (Poston, Buildings of Charleston.) File contains FOH House Histories (1969, by Samuel Stoney, and 1991); BAR application (2004) for the addition of a new gate, etc., with attachments including photocopies of photos of elevations, doorway, existing drip caps and windows, driveway gate piers, elevations and floor plans.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

KING.008.

Source or Donor

8 King Street (William Holmes House)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

King Street, 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 49

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

KING.008.2

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 226

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

October 7, 2008

Updated By

admin@catalogit.app

Update Date

February 16, 2023