Name/Title
18 Meeting Street (Thomas Heyward House)Entry/Object ID
MEETING.018.1Scope and Content
Constructed ca. 1803. The deed transferring the "messuage and the buildings thereon" from Nathaniel Heyward and his wife Henrietta to his half brother Thomas Heyward, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, suggests that this large brick single house was complete by 1803. This dwelling is distinguished by oversized interior proportions. The facade exhibits remnants of 19th century ironwork of exclusionary nature commonly called a chevaux-de-fries. The most prominent example of this type of ironwork is at the Miles Brewton House (at 27 King Street). This property retains original arcaded piazzas and early kitchen and slave quarters buildings. Neoclassicism was an aesthetic of classical detailing and attenuated proportions, and 18 Meeting typifies these qualities in its brickwork with quoining and other fine detailing, its classical door architrave, and its exterior proportions.
File contains FOHG house history (1982); brief house history*; historical and chain-of-title research notes*; house history from Vernacular Architecture of Charleston and the Lowcountry; house history from HCF federal architecture field trip guide; house history from 60 Famous Houses of Charleston; newspaper articles (including 1958, 1978 DYKYC); College of Charleston 1970 Candlelight Tour house history (1970); 1969 Preservation Progress mention of award presentation; measured plan of first floor; postcard of drawing of 18 Meeting Street by Elizabeth O'Neill Verner, ca. 1940 (duplicate of 2004.020.067).
*Unattributed, undated.Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property RecordsAcquisition
Accession
MEETING.018.Source or Donor
18 Meeting Street (Thomas Heyward House)Acquisition Method
Collected by StaffLexicon
Search Terms
Eighteenth-Century Expansion, Meeting Street, Historic buildings--South Carolina--CharlestonArchive Details
Archive Size/Extent
1 File 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
2004.020.067, 2014.015.22, MEETING.018.2, MEETING.018.3, MEETING.018.4a-c, MEETING.018.5a-j
Related Units of Description: Featured in "Some Charleston Mansions" and "Charleston Doorways" (White Pine Series)Related Publications
Notes
Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 255Created By
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May 13, 2010Updated By
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February 16, 2023