Name/Title
6 Montagu Street (John Rudolph Switzer House)Entry/Object ID
MONTAGU.006.1Scope and Content
Constructed ca. 1803; rehabilitated 1964. John Switzer, a saddler with a shop on King Street, built this plantation style dwelling in the emerging suburb of Harleston Village sometime after acquiring the property in 1803. A 2-story piazza supported on an arcaded brick foundation fronts the 2½ story wooden dwelling, which has a pediment in the roof. The principal tier of the piazza, with a columned arcade, is original, while the second story constitutes a slightly later addition. A fanlighted Neoclassical-style doorway with attenuated fluted pilasters provides entry into the house, which retains much of its delicate Federal-style woodwork. Although a later owner changed the windows to two-over-two lights in the postbellum period, the house otherwise retains a high degree of integrity. The house passed through several owners, including Keating Simons Laurens, grandson of Henry Laurens. Mr. and Mrs. George A. Z. Johnson, natives of Harleston Village, restored the house in the mid-1960s.
File contains newspaper article (1964 DYKYC); Preservation Progress article (1962).Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property RecordsAcquisition
Accession
MONTAGU.006.Source or Donor
6 Montagu Street (John Rudolph Switzer House)Acquisition Method
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Montagu Street, Harleston Village, Historic buildings--South Carolina--CharlestonArchive Details
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1 File Folder (2 p.)Archive 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 76Shelf
Prop File Shelves, Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
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Notes
Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 526Created By
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October 6, 2010Updated By
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February 17, 2023