12 Meeting Street (John Lewis House)

Archive

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Historic Charleston Foundation

12 Meeting Street (left): Origsize: 4x6; Origformat: Print-Photographic
12 Meeting Street (left)

Origsize: 4x6; Origformat: Print-Photographic

Name/Title

12 Meeting Street (John Lewis House)

Entry/Object ID

MEETING.012.1

Scope and Content

Constructed ca. 1822. Built by the factor Robert Lewis in 1822, this 2½ story residence stands on land once belonging to Charles Pinckney. The original wood-frame house appears to have had three rooms on each floor with a central stair and entrance and a large semicircular porch to the rear. The original house is capped by a hipped roof with dormer windows with a low projecting pediment in front. (Poston, Buildings of Charleston.) Three files contain documentation of the easement on the property including related correspondence and Confirmation of Understanding; Part I certification (National Register); correspondence regarding appraisal value; annual inspection reports, requests for alterations, and correspondence related to the management of the property; house history (unattributed, ca. 1979); FOHG house histories (1993, 2005); newspaper article (Charleston Mercury, 2010); sales brochure (date not indicated); photocopy of 1986 plat; engineer's (Russell Rosen) post-Hugo inspection letter; 1886 earthquake damage assessment (showing no damage); photocopy of floor plan (Briggs, 1995). 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 Records

Acquisition

Accession

MEETING.012.

Source or Donor

12 Meeting Street (John Lewis House)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

Meeting Street, Easement Property, Loutrel Briggs garden, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Property File

Archive Details

Archive Size/Extent

1 Gift Folder 1 Management Folder 1 History/Miscellaneous 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 68

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

2007.008.09, MEETING.012.2, MEETING.012.3, MEETING.012.4, MEETING.012.5 Related Units of Description: See also Easement Manager's working files for more information.

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 253

Created By

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Create Date

May 10, 2010

Updated By

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Update Date

February 17, 2023