Name/Title
2 St. Michael's Alley (Isaac Holmes Tenement)Entry/Object ID
STMICHAELS.002.1Scope and Content
Constructed ca. 1740s by Isaac Holmes, a mariner and planter, to serve as a tenement house. The house was later owned by Joel Poinsett after whom the poinsettia was named. The house is a 2½ stories, brick with stucco, with a Greek Revival piazza that was partially enclosed in the 1980s.
File contains FOHG house histories (1996, 1998); graduate student report on the history of the house which includes historical and chain-of-title research, maps, photos, and other supporting documentation (Morgan Granger, 2015).Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property RecordsAcquisition
Accession
STMICHAELS.002.Source or Donor
2 St. Michael's Alley (Isaac Holmes Tenement)Acquisition Method
Collected by StaffLexicon
Search Terms
St. Michael's Alley, Courts/Alleys Series, Historic buildings--South Carolina--CharlestonArchive Details
Archive Size/Extent
1 File FolderArchive Notes
Finding Aids: Index to Property Files.
Level of Description: FolderLocation
Location
Shelf
Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentDate
February 7, 2023Location
Container
PF Box 88Shelf
Prop File Shelves, Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentRelationships
Related Publications
Notes
Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), p. 178 (entry for 107 Church Street)General Notes
Note
Notes: Photo #1 from Whit Smith collection, L.2004.019.1, #58.
Photo #2, Bill Struhs. Not cataloged; see photo files.
Grad student report includes section on the development of St. Michael's Alley.Created By
admin@catalogit.appCreate Date
October 19, 2011Updated By
admin@catalogit.appUpdate Date
February 17, 2023