45 Laurens Street (Thomas Wallace House)

Archive

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Historic Charleston Foundation

45 Anson Street: Origsize: 4x6; Origformat: Print-Photographic
45 Anson Street

Origsize: 4x6; Origformat: Print-Photographic

Name/Title

45 Laurens Street (Thomas Wallace House)

Entry/Object ID

LAURENS.045.1

Scope and Content

Constructed ca. 1804, rehabilitated 1968-69. The cabinetmaker Thomas Wallace, whose shop on Queen Street produced furniture in the prevailing Federal style for the Charleston elite, constructed this three-story wooden single house on a raised basement in about 1804. The closed gable end of the roof and the open Greek Revival piazzas, which do not have a street entry, are perhaps the only features that set this dwelling apart from its similarly styled neighbor at 43 Laurens Street. Wallace sold the house in 1815 to Capt. Nathaniel Greene Hilliard, a Connecticut émigré. (Poston, Buildings of Charleston.) Three files containing documentation of the covenant on the property; correspondence and other documentation related to the covenant (including right-of-first-refusal); documentation of the sale of the property; annual inspection reports; requests for alterations (includes some drawings); documentation related to the management of the property; newspaper article about new owners (1968); copy of HCF covenant information card; documentation of HCF's purchase, rehabilitation (DeCosta), and sale of the property; photocopy of ARP photograph. See Covenant/Easement Inspection Photo Files for inspection photography.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

LAURENS.045.

Source or Donor

45 Laurens Street (Thomas Wallace House)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

Laurens Street, Ansonborough, 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 58

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

LAURENS.045.2a-b, LAURENS.045.3 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

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 452

Created By

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Create Date

October 5, 2009

Updated By

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Update Date

February 17, 2023