25 Queen Street (Benjamin Casey Tenement)

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Historic Charleston Foundation

25 Queen Street: Origformat: Document/Photocopy; Resolution: 75 dpi
25 Queen Street

Origformat: Document/Photocopy; Resolution: 75 dpi

Name/Title

25 Queen Street (Benjamin Casey Tenement)

Entry/Object ID

QUEEN.025.1

Scope and Content

Constructed ca. 1806; restored ca. 1935. Like 83-85 Church Street, 23 and 25 Queen Street form a double 2½ story stuccoed brick tenement structure. Built on Grand Modell lot 86. The tenements passed through the Amory, Mayrant, and Moncrieff families. The latter was in control of the site when the fire of 1796 passed through the area. Creditors closed on Moncrieff's mortgage, and Benjamin Casey, a coach maker, bought the property with money left to Mrs. Casey by her uncle, merchant John Eberly. The ground level of these double tenements functioned as a shop or office space, the upstairs rooms served domestic needs, and the double kitchen buildings behind provided for cooking, laundry, and servants' sleeping quarters. Heavily damaged during Federal bombardment of the city during the Civil War, the front wall of no. 23 was rebuilt after 1865, and both structures were restored in the 20th century by resident owners. File contains FOHG house histories (1973, undated, 1997); other narrative histories (unattributed, undated); newspaper articles about zoning and use of building by Huguenot Church (1992). No photos on file. Image in this record is from document in the Property File.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

QUEEN.025.

Source or Donor

25 Queen Street (Benjamin Casey Tenement)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Streets--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

Building

Missroon/Archives/Property File Shelves

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Location

Container

PF Box 85

Building

Missroon/Archives/Property File Shelves

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

QUEEN.023.1, QUEEN.023.2a-d

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 127

Created By

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Create Date

August 24, 2011

Updated By

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Update Date

February 17, 2023