39 Laurens Street

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Historic Charleston Foundation

39 Laurens Street: Copyright: May be W.A. Jordan photograph; Origsize: 8x10; Origformat: Print-Photographic
39 Laurens Street

Copyright: May be W.A. Jordan photograph; Origsize: 8x10; Origformat: Print-Photographic

Name/Title

39 Laurens Street

Entry/Object ID

LAURENS.039.1

Scope and Content

Late 18th century building with fine interior woodwork. Initially moved from 116 Anson Street to then 42 Laurens while the lots at 305-309 East Bay Street were cleared, then to its current location. HCF restored the exterior in the early 1970s. (Site was originally known as 309 East Bay Street.) Three files contain documentation of the covenant on the property; correspondence and other documentation related to the covenant, including right-of-first-refusal; annual inspection reports; requests for alterations; correspondence and other documentation related to the management of the property; brief house history (Samuel G. Stoney, 1966); copy of HCF covenant information card; newspaper article about the demolition of 309 East Bay; newspaper article about the relocation of 116 Anson Street; correspondence and other documentation of HCF's purchase, sale, and rehabilitation of the property and the relocation of 116 Anson Street and demolition of structures on the southwest corner of East Bay and Laurens. See Covenant/Easement Inspection Photo Files for inspection photography.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

LAURENS.039.

Source or Donor

39 Laurens Street

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Moving of buildings, bridges, etc.

Search Terms

Laurens Street, Ansonborough, Ansonborough Rehabilitation Project (ARP), Relocated buildings, Covenant Property, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Property File

Archive Details

Archive Size/Extent

1 Covenant Folder 1 Management Folder 1 History/Miscellaneous 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 57

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

2011.015.22, 2016.014.01a-b, EBAY.309.1, EBAY.309.2, LAURENS.039.10, LAURENS.039.11, LAURENS.039.2, LAURENS.039.3, LAURENS.039.4, LAURENS.039.5, LAURENS.039.6, LAURENS.039.7, LAURENS.039.8a-b, LAURENS.039.9 Related Units of Description: See also "Ansonborough" document box, Preservation Topics shelves. See H.A. DeCosta Company invoice collection, 2009.011.1. See also Easement Manager's working files for more information.

Related Publications

Notes

Slide EBAY.GEN.19 (shows original building on the site)

Created By

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Create Date

September 30, 2009

Updated By

admin@catalogit.app

Update Date

February 17, 2023