18 Legare Street (George Lusher House)

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Historic Charleston Foundation

18 Legare Street: Origsize: 8x10; Origformat: Print-Photographic
18 Legare Street

Origsize: 8x10; Origformat: Print-Photographic

Name/Title

18 Legare Street (George Lusher House)

Entry/Object ID

LEGARE.018.1

Scope and Content

Constructed ca. 1810; renovated 1928. Although often cited as indicative of West Indian architectural tradition, the Lusher House is simply a small Federal style Charleston single house with a bellcast hipped roof and wrapping piazzas, set back on the street, with a front garden space in the early tradition of this area. Hipped dormers project from the slate roof with tile ridge caps, and two interior chimneys rise above the north wall with stucco banding, corbeled caps, and Gothic arched hoods. Doorways with original semicircular fanlights ornament the front facade, but in single house fashion, the principal entry stands on the west elevation. In 1928 the eastern end of the piazza on the second-floor level was enclosed with a frame addition, while at the first floor level the piazza was screened in. Lusher served as the attorney for the previous owner. His wife was the sister of the noted architect Robert Mills. File contains FOHG history of house and garden (undated, 1995); portion of National Register part I certification application (undated, unattributed) providing the description of the physical appearance and statement of significance.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

LEGARE.018.

Source or Donor

18 Legare Street (George Lusher House)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

Legare 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 61

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

2016.014.04a-b, LEGARE.018.2, LEGARE.018.3a-d Related Units of Description: Preservation Consultants files (Part I and/or Part II applications and/or photos and/or miscellaneous documentation), 2011.022.1

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 246

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

November 18, 2009

Updated By

admin@catalogit.app

Update Date

February 16, 2023