Name/Title
48 Meeting Street (First Baptist Church School)Entry/Object ID
MEETING.048.1Scope and Content
Constructed ca. 1840s. This large masonry house was built by Otis Mills, builder of the Mills House. In the 1850s it was the home of James Adger, merchant and steamship line developer, reputed to have been the richest man in antebellum South Carolina. It now houses First Baptist School. (Source: Info for Guides of Historic Charleston.)
File contains graduate student report (Brittany Lavelle, 2010) on the history of the building/property, which includes historical and chain-of-title research, maps, and other supporting documentation.
Image in this record is from document in the Property File.Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property RecordsAcquisition
Accession
MEETING.048.Source or Donor
48 Meeting Street (First Baptist School)Acquisition Method
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Church schoolsSearch Terms
Meeting Street, Eighteenth-Century Expansion, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, First Baptist Church (Charleston, S.C.)Archive 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 69Shelf
Prop File Shelves, Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentGeneral Notes
Note
Notes: Located on or near Colleton Bastion.
Includes brief histories on a number of families associated with the lot and/or the house: Caillabeuf, Ebenezer Simmons, Joshua Ward, Otis Mills, James Adger, Mary Rhett Simonds.Created By
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December 15, 2010Updated By
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February 17, 2023