Name/Title
78-80 Queen Street (John O'Mara Building / Elliott House Inn), 82 Queen Street/84 Queen Street (Law Office of Jonathan Jasper Wright)Entry/Object ID
QUEEN.078-84.1Scope and Content
Constructed 1865; rehabilitated 1981. A bookseller completed this 3-story masonry single house (78 Queen Street) right after the Civil War on the site of a building lost in the fire of 1861. Most burned-over lots were not built on until long after the war, but O'Mara was perhaps one of the first to rebuild. He obtained a city loan to erect the two-story structure at 82 Queen Street in 1869 as an investment. Restored some years ago as a restaurant, it has a unique, inner wrought-iron gate with an egret motif. The restaurant has incorporated the neighboring stuccoed brick building at 84 Queen Street, built as an investment by William Ufferhardt, a German merchant, in 1876. (Poston, Buildings of Charleston.)
File contains newspaper articles (including 1981 DYKYC); house history from Tour Guide Training Manual (2011); Rosen and Associates (engineers) inspection report (1992); graduate student report on the history of 82 and 84 Queen Street, which includes historical and chain-of-title research, maps, photos, and other supporting documentation including biographical information about Jonathan Jasper Wright (Christine Mathieson, 2009).
No photos of 82-84 Queen Street on file. Image #2 in this record is from document in the Property File.Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property RecordsAcquisition
Accession
QUEEN.078-84.Source or Donor
78-80 Queen Street (John O'Mara Building / Elliott House Inn), 82 Queen, 84 QueenAcquisition Method
Collected by StaffLexicon
Search Terms
Queen Street, Adaptive reuse, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Wright, Jonathan Jasper, 1840-1885, African American judges--South Carolina--History--19th century, African American lawyers--South Carolina--History--19th centuryArchive Details
Archive Size/Extent
1 File FolderArchive Notes
Associated Material: Biograhical and genealogical research on Jonathan Jasper Wright at SC Historical Society
Finding Aids: Index to Property Files.
Level of Description: FolderLocation
Location
Building
Missroon/Archives/Property File ShelvesCategory
PermanentDate
February 7, 2023Location
Container
PF Box 85Building
Missroon/Archives/Property File ShelvesCategory
PermanentRelationships
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Notes
HUGO.002.068, QUEEN.078-84.2Related Publications
Notes
Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 406Created By
admin@catalogit.appCreate Date
August 25, 2011Updated By
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February 17, 2023