42 Rutledge Avenue (Thomas O'Brien House)

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Historic Charleston Foundation

42 Rutledge Avenue, ca. 1996: Origsize: 4x6; Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 75 dpi
42 Rutledge Avenue, ca. 1996

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

Name/Title

42 Rutledge Avenue (Thomas O'Brien House)

Entry/Object ID

RUTLEDGE.042.1

Scope and Content

Constructed ca. 1859. Thomas O'Brien, a grocer and liquor dealer, constructed this large-scale Charleston single house a few years after purchasing the lot in 1856. A deep entablature with large modillions frames the front end pediment. The first floor windows, as well as the third story Palladian window, follow the Italianate style of architecture. Although the present piazza door screen is a Colonial Revival replacement, the piazza appears to be original, with large fluted Doric columns on the first floor and slightly smaller columns of the same order on the second tier. O'Brien also built the house next door at 44 Rutledge Avenue. Somewhat simpler in detail, the piazza retains its 19th century door screen with acanthus leaf console brackets supporting a dentiled entablature. (The Buildings of Charleston.) File contains FOHG house history (undated); Rosen and Associates (engineers) report on floor measurements, with drawings) (2009) and photocopies of photographs showing cracks in walls, etc., presumably from Rosen and Associates files.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

RUTLEDGE.042.

Source or Donor

42 Rutledge Avenue (Thomas O'Brien House)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

Rutledge Avenue, Harleston Village, 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 87

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

RUTLEDGE.042.2

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 550

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

October 4, 2011

Updated By

admin@catalogit.app

Update Date

February 17, 2023