Name/Title
59 Meeting Street (Branford-Horry House)Entry/Object ID
MEETING.059.1Scope and Content
Constructed 1750; portico added 1830; various 20th century restorations. The merchant Benjamin Savage acquired the lot at the corner of Tradd and Meeting Streets from John Allen and his wife in 1747. Savage in 1750 then bequeathed to "Elizabeth Savage, the daughter of my Brother Thomas Savage (now living with me) my houses and Ground in Charleston… with all and singular buildings and appurtenances it being the ground and houses in Tradd Street." Elizabeth subsequently married William Branford, a wealthy planter, whose holdings included Old Towne Plantation, the original site of Charles Town. Elizabeth's daughter, Ann, and then her grandson Elias Horry, second president of the South Carolina Canal and Railroad Company, inherited the house after her death in 1801. It was Horry who apparently added the Greek piazzas which now cover the sidewalk on the Meeting Street side of the property. The house has a double-pile plan, with one large room and one smaller room on the second-floor front. On the first floor both front-room doorways were widened during the Horry occupancy to create a double-parlor plan. The stable associated with the house is now 61 Meeting Street. A kitchen building west of the stable was demolished in the early 20th century. (Poston, Buildings of Charleston.)
File contains National Register Nomination Form (1970); FOHG house historise (undated, 1998, 2004); SC Historical Society 1979 Tour house history; house history from The Vernacular Architecture of Charleston; newspaper articles (including 1975 DYKYC); historical, chain-of-title, and family research (Barbot, Horry, Dunkin, Boyd) (Katie Watts, 2017); historical/chain-of-title research notes (undated, unattributed); house history from Architectural Guide to Charleston by Simons & Thomas; Rosen and Associates structural inspection report (1999); architectural history by Edward A. Chappell (1985); realtor sales packet (undated) containing color photographs, excerpts from books, architectural drawings, and report about the house's architecture (unattributed); photocopy of drawings by Willie Graham of interior architecture details (1985); photocopy of copy original handwritten contract to paint the Branford-Horry House, between A. Barbot [Anthony Barbot] and Geo. Abbot & Co. (1853); photocopy of floor plans from Dwelling Houses of Charleston (A.R.H. Smith, 1917).Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property RecordsAcquisition
Accession
MEETING.059.Source or Donor
59 Meeting Street (Branford-Horry House)Acquisition Method
Collected by StaffLexicon
Search Terms
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 71Shelf
Prop File Shelves, Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
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Notes
2021.013.13, MEETING.059.2, MEETING.059.3, MEETING.059.4, MEETING.059.5, MEETING.059.6, MEETING.059.7a-t, MEETING.059.8a-d, MEETING.059.9a-mRelated Publications
Notes
Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 263-264
FOH Tour booklets on Lowcountry Digital LibraryGeneral Notes
Note
Notes: Photo in this record from Whit Smith collection.Created By
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February 17, 2023