23 Legare Street (Robert T. Chisolm House)

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Historic Charleston Foundation

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

Origsize: 8x10; Origformat: Print-Photographic

Name/Title

23 Legare Street (Robert T. Chisolm House)

Entry/Object ID

LEGARE.023.1

Scope and Content

Built ca. 1838 by Dr. Robert Trail Chisolm. It was purchased in 1863 by the Sass family and was the home of Herbert Ravenel Sass, the noted writer, historian, and naturalist. The iron gates at the entrance are said to date from ca. 1817. (Source: Information for Guides of Historic Charleston) File contains FOHG Garden Histories (1994, 1998, 2002); house history from Information for Guides of Historic Charleston; house history from City of Charleston Tour Guide Training Manual, brief newspaper articles (1995) about the garden being on FOHG tour; historical research by Louis Green (1968), including map and plat; 1886 Earthquake damage assessment; Hurricane Hugo damage assessment; scant information about Robert T. Chisolm (unattributed, undated); biographical information about Herbert Ravenel Sass; house history compiled by previous owner (Mr. Pratt-Thomas Sr.), including photos, maps, plats, deed and title research, city directory research, floor plans, history of Legare Street, Chisolm family history, and Chisolm Mill history; photocopy of article "Historic Schools of Legare Street" by Sarah Fick (Preservation Progress, v. 54, n. 1).

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

LEGARE.023.

Source or Donor

23 Legare Street (Robert T. Chisolm House)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

Legare Street, Eighteenth-Century Expansion, 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 62

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Location

Container

2

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

2005.011.011, 2008.005.14f, LEGARE.023.2, LEGARE.023.3a-b, LEGARE.023.4 Related Units of Description: Preservation Consultants files (Part I and/or Part II applications and/or photos and/or miscellaneous documentation), 2011.022.1

General Notes

Note

Notes: Formerly the site of Misses Murden School for Children, later known as Misses Sass School. Some photos by Preservation Consultants in support of Part II report on Media link (pdf).

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

February 8, 2010

Updated By

admin@catalogit.app

Update Date

February 17, 2023