84 Pitt Street (Elias Whilden House)

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Historic Charleston Foundation

84 Pitt Street (ca. 1996): Origsize: 4x6; Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 100 dpi
84 Pitt Street (ca. 1996)

Origsize: 4x6; Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 100 dpi

Name/Title

84 Pitt Street (Elias Whilden House)

Entry/Object ID

PITT.084.1

Tags

Further research

Scope and Content

Constructed ca. 1827. A successful rice planter from the Mount Pleasant area built this massive double house with its side to the street, in the single house manner, in about 1827. The structure stands on a brick foundation and has a weatherboarded facade with four bays, a closed gable on the street side, and a double-tiered, Tuscan-columned piazza that faces a large garden lot. Past the piazza door screen a staircase rises to the main elevation and the front entry, which is surmounted by a fanlight with a decorative eagle carving. The original lot underwent subdivision on several occasions, including the 1841 severance of the property known as 82 Pitt Street. Whilden, who owned substantial town property in the developing Village of Mouny Pleasant, retained this as a townhouse for several years. The house was owned by the T.A. Wilbur family at the time of the earthquake of 1886. After the earthquake the house was rated in good condition except for collapsed chimneys. File contains Rosen and Associates (engineers) inspection report (1994). No additional information on file. Needs further research.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

PITT.084.

Source or Donor

84 Pitt Street (Elias Whilden House)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

Pitt Street, Radcliffeborough and Cannonborough, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston

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 83

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

PITT.084.2

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 632

General Notes

Note

Tag Date: 2011-05-12 13:23:20.999000

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Create Date

May 12, 2011

Updated By

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Update Date

February 16, 2023