1 Legare Street (Edward Blake House)

Archive

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Historic Charleston Foundation

1 Legare St.: Origsize: 4x6; Origformat: Print-Photographic
1 Legare St.

Origsize: 4x6; Origformat: Print-Photographic

Name/Title

1 Legare Street (Edward Blake House)

Entry/Object ID

LEGARE.001.1

Scope and Content

Constructed ca. 1760-70; moved, altered 1870s. This 2½ story wood Charleston single house was moved, supposedly rolled on palmetto logs, to its present location in 1873 from a nearby lot. The original owner, Edward Blake, a Revolutionary patriot and commissioner of the South Carolina navy, was captured by the British after the fall of Charleston and imprisoned along with other Southern patriots in the fortress at St. Augustine. Although retaining its original roofline, the house has undergone substantial alterations, including the addition of its present 19th-century piazza. An 18th-century Bermuda stone wall survives on the south boundary of the lot. (Buildings of Charleston, Poston.) File contains brief narrative history by a former homeowner; transcript of 1772 deed with plat (Robert Mackenzie to Edmund Blake); FOHG house history (undated); FOHG Garden history (1997); drawing of garden; plat (photocopy) "Map of No. 1 Legare Street About to be Conveyed to Mary O. Geer" (1946); 1886 Earthquake Damage Assessment; Hurricane Hugo Damage Assessment; historical and deed research notes (Doreen Larimer, 2016); newspaper article (1948).

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

LEGARE.001.

Source or Donor

1 Legare Street (Edward Blake House)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

Legare Street, Relocated buildings, Philip Simmons ironwork, 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 59

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

2016.014.05, LEGARE.001.2 Related Units of Description: Plat of 1 Legare in Preservation Consultants file for 14 Legare (2011.022.1).

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 239

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

October 8, 2009

Updated By

admin@catalogit.app

Update Date

February 17, 2023