Name/Title
9 Limehouse Street (William Pinckney Shingler House)Entry/Object ID
LIMEHOUSE.009.1Scope and Content
Constructed 1857-1859. The wealthy cotton factor William Pinckney Shingler bought several lots on the west side of the street in 1856 from the Limehouse family. Within the year Shingler, with the assistance of a master builder, completed the late-Greek Revival style dwelling with a double-tiered, Doric-columned piazza on the south facing the large garden area and a closed gable front with a central tripartite window. A marble staircase with a wrought- and cast-iron railing and brass trim approaches the Rococo Revival style doorway, an indication of the architectural treatment of the lavish interior. The brickwork of the building was originally pointed with a tinted mortar and scored and lined with a white lime mortar, an extraordinary technique used to cause the uneven bricks to appear straight and evenly molded. The extensive brick coping along Limehouse Street is similarly treated and topped by a wooden balustrade. With the death of his wife and a temporary decline in cotton prices in the Panic of 1857, Shingler sold the house a few months after its completion. Tradition holds that within a year he married his late wife's sister and began construction of the similarly styled but larger-scaled brick dwelling at 10 Limehouse Street. (Poston, Buildings of Charleston.)
Three files contain documentation of the easement on the property including related correspondence and Confirmation of Understanding; annual inspection reports, requests for alterations, and correspondence related to the management of the property; FOHG house histories (undated, 2000); SCHS Town House Tour house history (1968); newspaper articles (DYKYC 1958 and undated); house history from The Vernacular Architecture of Charleston and the Lowcountry: house history from Information for Guides of Historic Charleston; Preservation Progress brief article about restoration being completed (1958); drawing of ceiling medallion (2008); plat (source information difficult to read, may be from 1911).
See Easement Documentation Photo Files for easement donation photographs (Exh. B to Deed of Conservation Easement) and Covenant/Easement Inspection Photo Files for inspection photography.Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property RecordsAcquisition
Accession
LIMEHOUSE.009.Source or Donor
9 Limehouse Street (William Pinckney Shingler House)Acquisition Method
Collected by StaffLexicon
Search Terms
Limehouse Street, Easement Property, Historic buildings--South Carolina--CharlestonArchive Details
Archive Size/Extent
1 Gift Folder
1 Management Folder
1 History/Miscellaneous FolderArchive Notes
Finding Aids: Index to Property Files
Level of Description: FolderLocation
Location
Shelf
Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentDate
February 7, 2023Location
Container
PF Box 64Shelf
Prop File Shelves, Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentRelationships
Related Entries
Notes
LIMEHOUSE.009.2a-b, LIMEHOUSE.009.3a-e, LIMEHOUSE.009.4, LIMEHOUSE.009.5
Related Units of Description: See also Easement Manager's working files for more information.Related Publications
Notes
Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 308-309General Notes
Note
Notes: Part I certification (National Register) missing from both Archives and Easement Manager's files. Archivist tried to get a copy from SCDAH but the files have been destroyed, although there is a record that one was filed for 9 Limehouse Street. SCDAH informed Archivist that it is nearly impossible to get from the National Park Service because files are stored off-site in Atlanta. However, if it is necessary, contact Elizabeth Adams at (202)-354-2055; provide the owner's name, name of house, approximate date of filing, and any other information possible.Created By
admin@catalogit.appCreate Date
March 1, 2010Updated By
admin@catalogit.appUpdate Date
February 17, 2023