73 Pitt Street (William Waller House)

Archive

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Historic Charleston Foundation

73 Pitt Street (ca. 1996): Origsize: 4x6; Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 75 dpi
73 Pitt Street (ca. 1996)

Origsize: 4x6; Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 75 dpi

Name/Title

73 Pitt Street (William Waller House)

Entry/Object ID

PITT.073.1

Scope and Content

Constructed ca. 1832. The saddler William Waller built this 2½ story single house after acquiring the site in 1832 from Daniel Johnston, a butcher and member of Charleston's free Black community. Richard Holloway probably acted as the contractor for this building since the modified Palladian window in the front gable and other features show similarities to Holloway's other work. In the late-19th century another prominent African-American family, the DeCostas, owned the property and probably made the minor Italianate style changes, including the bracketed cornice and Italianate piazza door screen. (Poston, Buildings of Charleston.) File contains handwritten staff research "source notes" and chain-of-title research; 1886 Earthquake damage assessment showing no damage.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

PITT.073.

Source or Donor

73 Pitt Street (William Waller House)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Freedmen

Search Terms

Pitt Street, Radcliffeborough and Cannonborough, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Streets--South Carolina--Charleston, African Americans--Housing

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Property File

Archive Details

Archive Size/Extent

1 File Folder

Archive Notes

Finding Aids: Index to Property Files Level of Description: Folder

Location

Location

Shelf

Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Location

Container

PF Box 82

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Location

Container

2

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

PITT.073.2, PITT.073.3a-b

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 631

Created By

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Create Date

April 27, 2011

Updated By

admin@catalogit.app

Update Date

February 17, 2023