Name/Title
68 Meeting Street (John Cordes Prioleau House)Entry/Object ID
MEETING.068.1Scope and Content
Constructed ca. 1810, altered ca. 1900. The typical early 19th-century single house at 68 Meeting Street is distinguished from others of its class by the dramatic turn-of-the-century alterations to the facade and piazzas. A projecting oriel window on the 2nd floor and a single plate window on the first replace the traditional three-bay facade, and two semicircular bays and Victorian detailing embellish the simple 2-story piazza. John Cordes Prioleau, a planter on the Back River, built the structure after he purchased the property from his father in 1808. William Bachman Chisolm, a prosperous fertilizer dealer, updated the building after his purchase of the property in 1894. (Poston, Buildings of Charleston.)
File contains FOHG house history (1997); narrative history by Robert P. Stockton (undated, likely 1960s); newspaper articles (including 1983 DYKYC), realtor's information packet* (ca. 1994).
*Realtor's information packet also includes a narrative history by Stockton; however, it appears to be later and possibly revised from original.Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property RecordsAcquisition
Accession
MEETING.068.Source or Donor
68 Meeting Street (John Cordes Prioleau 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
PermanentRelationships
Related Entries
Notes
2015.022.5, 2020.005.33, MEETING.068.2a-b, MEETING.068.3, ROPEMAKERS.008.1, ROPEMAKERS.008.2Related Publications
Notes
Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 122-123Created By
admin@catalogit.appCreate Date
June 17, 2010Updated By
admin@catalogit.appUpdate Date
February 17, 2023