Name/Title
60 Montagu Street (Theodore Gaillard-Bennett House)Entry/Object ID
MONTAGU.060.1Scope and Content
Constructed 1800; restored 1992. Rice planter and merchant Theodore Gaillard began to assemble the three lots on which he would build his residence in the spring of 1800. When the New Charleston Directory and Stranger's Guide appeared in 1802, it noted that Gaillard had completed his house. He owned it for 15 years, then sold it for $11,000 to Gen. Jacob Read during the depression that followed the War of 1812. Read died 4 years later. His estate sold the house in 1819 to James Shoolbred, a Santee River rice planter who was Charleston's first British consul. It is likely that early in Shoolbred's tenure (1819 until his death in 1851) he added the Regency-style portico, the rusticated double entrance steps, and the robust quoining to the basement level. During his postwar visit to Charleston, Gen. Robert E. Lee addressed well-wishers from the second level of the portico as a guest of the owner, Washington Jefferson Bennett. The interior of this double house is one of Charleston's best of the Federal period. Restored recently with great care, the structure contains elaborate plaster cornices and well-preserved examples of composition mantel decorations. (Poston, Buildings of Charleston.)
Three files contain documentation of the easement on the property* including related correspondence; Part I certification (National Register) (unsigned, undated); Request for Submission of Bids for General Contracting and Painting Work (1989) (no indication of selection of contractor or what work was done); chimney elevation for 1990 restoration work (drawing, unattributed); landscape plans (Wertimer, 2005); photocopies of photos (exterior) (undated, unattributed); architectural drawings (site plans, elevations, floor plans by Keyes, 2005); FOHG house histories (1991, 1993, 1999, undated); other narrative histories; newspaper articles (including 1972 DYKYC); house history from Information for Guides of Historic Charleston; historical/chain-of-title research information; condition notes (1990, unattributed); copy of ground floor plan; Rosen and Associates inspection report (2004) for 60 Montagu, 40 Gadsden, 42 Gasdsen; excerpt from R.E. Lee (vol. 4) regarding Lee's visit to Charleston; photocopy of photographs and Alice R.H. Smith illustrations.
See Easement Documentation Photo Files for easement donation photographs (Exh. B to Deed of Conservation Easement). No inspection photographs on file (see Easement Manager). Files will eventually contain annual inspection reports, requests for alterations, and correspondence related to the management of the property (see Easement Manager).
*2007 Deed of Conservation Easement and 2008 Amendment of Conservation Easement.Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property RecordsAcquisition
Accession
MONTAGU.060.Source or Donor
60 Montagu Street (Gaillard-Bennett House)Acquisition Method
Collected by StaffLexicon
Search Terms
Montagu Street, Harleston Village, 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 77Shelf
Prop File Shelves, Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentLocation
Container
PF Box 78Shelf
Prop File Shelves, Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentRelationships
Related Entries
Notes
2005.006.8, 2011.015.107a-b, MONTAGU.060.2
Related Units of Description: Easement Manager's working files
Preservation Consultants files (Part I and/or Part II applications and/or photos and/or miscellaneous documentation), 2011.022.1Related Publications
Notes
Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 539General Notes
Note
Notes: Photo in this record from Exh. B photographs (2007).Created By
admin@catalogit.appCreate Date
October 12, 2010Updated By
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February 16, 2023