Name/Title
31 Legare Street (Hannah Heyward House)Entry/Object ID
LEGARE.031.1Scope and Content
Constructed ca. 1789. The sister-in-law of the wealthy rice planter Thomas Heyward completed this simple Neoclassical villa within a few years after the Revolution. The curvilinear bay on the south facade boasts a Venetian (Palladian) window lighting a large upstairs drawing room. Rented by Mrs. Heyward's daughter to Julia Datty, the dwelling served as a girls' school run by this native of French Santo Domingo. The Augustine T. Smythe family acquired the house in 1868, and their descendants have resided here ever since. An extensive line of kitchens and stables survive along the south side of the dwelling. Smythe relations also owned the two houses to the north. The noted antebellum writer Louisa McCord bought the single house at 35 Legare Street in 1859. She was probably responsible for the Victorian alterations, including the mansard roof and the bay windows, added to the Federal-period dwelling. In the early-20th century Augustine T. Smythe bought the circa 1818 Glen House at 37 Legare Street for his daughter Susan, wife of the noted writer, John Bennett.
File contains FOHG house histories (ca. 1948, 1995); architectural description from Architectural Guide to Charleston; story about the house from Post-Courier booklet "60 Famous Houses" (ca. 1968); photo of 1937 survey; email to Kitty Robinson (3/3/2006) from homeowner seeking HCF's approval to modify the front steps (outcome not indicated); garden description from The Secret Gardens of Charleston by Louisa Pringle Cameron; photocopy of article "Historic Schools of Legare Street" by Sarah Fick (Preservation Progress, v. 54, n. 1).Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property RecordsAcquisition
Accession
LEGARE.031.Source or Donor
31 Legare Street (Hannah Heyward House)Acquisition Method
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Search Terms
Legare Street, Eighteenth-Century Expansion, Historic buildings--South Carolina--CharlestonArchive Details
Archive Size/Extent
1 File FolderLocation
Location
Shelf
Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentDate
February 7, 2023Location
Container
PF Box 62Shelf
Prop File Shelves, Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentLocation
Container
2Shelf
Prop File Shelves, Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
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Related Entries
Notes
2021.013.10, LEGARE.031.2a-d, LEGARE.031.3a-b, LEGARE.031.4, LEGARE.031.5, LEGARE.031.6, LEGARE.031.7
Related Units of Description: Article "The Historic Schools of Legare Street" (in LEGARE.GEN.1)Related Publications
Notes
Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 249
FOH Tour booklets on Lowcountry Digital LibraryGeneral Notes
Note
Notes: Formerly the site of Miss Julia Datty's School.Created By
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July 29, 2009Updated By
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February 17, 2023