Name/Title
35 Meeting Street (Bull House)Entry/Object ID
MEETING.035.1Scope and Content
Constructed ca. 1720; altered 1800-10, 1895-1905. The first lieutenant governor of the Royal Colony of South Carolina apparently built a portion of this house around 1720. The house was owned and occupied by Governor Bull's son, William Bull II, who was also a lieutenant governor. The second Bull was the first native South Carolinian to receive a medical degree. This 3½ story stuccoed brick dwelling on a high brick basement sits on a large lot at the corner of Meeting and Ladson Streets. The principal facade features quoining, stucco lintels and keystones. Some alterations in the Colonial Revival style date from its ownership at the turn of the century by the family of Mayor Henry Ficken. According to tradition, this house was nearly identical to the Ashley Hall Plantation house, country seat to the Bull family, which was destroyed in 1865. (Poston, Buildings of Charleston.)
Three files contain documentation of the easement on the property including related correspondence, Confirmation of Understanding, and mortgage subordination documents; Part I certification (National Register); annual inspection reports, requests for alterations, and correspondence related to the management of the property; house history (Louis Nelson, 1991; house history (H.H. Ficken, 1926); House History (HCF intern Dennis Hughes, 1998); house histories (unattributed/undated); FOHG house histories (one undated, one undated draft); house history (2002); architectural analysis (Wenger, Colonial Williamsburg, 1993); photocopies of several photographs (sources not indicated, unattributed, undated); photocopy of map "A Platt [sic] of Charles Town"; photocopy of 1882 City Block Plat; brief mention in 1968 Preservation Progress upon receipt of historical marker; newspaper article (DYKYC, 1928); chain-of-title research including photocopy of leases (Drayton to de Bardeleben, 1781) and deed (Drayton to Hext McCall, 1783); research notes on 35 Meeting Street (HCF intern Charles Hughes, 1998); biographical information about William Bull and 35 Meeting Street from Kinloch Bull including excerpt from his book "The Oligarchs in Colonial and Revolutionary Charleston" (Bull, 1990); photocopies of wills of William Bull, Hannah Bull, Thomas Drayton); excerpt relating to William Bull from "The Family of Stephen Bull-1600-1960."
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.035.Source or Donor
35 Meeting Street (Bull House)Acquisition Method
Collected by StaffLexicon
Search Terms
Meeting Street, Eighteenth-Century Expansion, 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 69Shelf
Prop File Shelves, Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentRelationships
Related Entries
Notes
2014.015.26, MEETING.035.2, MEETING.035.3, MEETING.035.4
Related Units of Description: See also Easement Manager's working files for more information.Related Publications
Notes
Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 258-259Created By
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May 26, 2010Updated By
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February 17, 2023