Name/Title
2 Meeting Street (Carrington-Carr House)Entry/Object ID
MEETING.002.1Scope and Content
Constructed 1890-92; restored early-1980s. This large Queen Anne style dwelling at the foot of Meeting Street occupies one of the city's best sites overlooking White Point Garden and the Charleston harbor. The house replaced a structure destroyed in the earthquake of 1886 and is a good example of the adaptation of Queen Anne decorative elements to Charleston's vernacular traditions. Waring P. Carrington acquired the site for this house in 1889. Carrington's wife, Martha Williams, was a daughter of George W. Williams, the wealthy banker who resided at 16 Meeting Street (the Calhoun Mansion). Tradition holds that Williams gave his daughter and son-in-law a wedding gift of $75,000, which was then used to construct their residence. Carrington, a King Street jeweler, purchased two Tiffany windows, now in the first-floor parlor, to celebrate the couple's fifth wedding anniversary in 1895. The bandstand in White Point Garden was built and donated to the city by Martha W. Carrington in memory of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Williams.
Three files contain documentation of the easement on the property including related correspondence and Confirmation of Understanding; U.S. Dept. of Interior determination letter regarding houses contribution to historic district (1983); annual inspection reports, requests for alterations, and correspondence related to the management of the property; FOHG house history (1993); brief narrative history by Carter L. Hudgins, newspaper article (DYKYC, 1/28/1985); historical/chain-of-title research information; brochure for Two Meeting Street House Inn (undated).
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
MEETING.002.Source or Donor
2 Meeting Street (Carrington-Carr House)Acquisition Method
Collected by StaffLexicon
Search Terms
Meeting 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 68Shelf
Prop File Shelves, Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentRelationships
Related Entries
Notes
2006.007.30, 2015.026.1a-b, HUGO.002.057a-b, MEETING.002.002a-c, MEETING.002.003
Related Units of Description: See also Easement Manager's working files for more information.Related Publications
Notes
Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 251-252Created By
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May 10, 2010Updated By
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February 17, 2023