Name/Title
6 St. Michael's Alley (George Dingle House)Entry/Object ID
STMICHAELS.006.1Scope and Content
Constructed 1850; restored after 1918. Restoration of the buildings that line St. Michael's Alley began prior to World War I and were among the city's earliest rehabilitation efforts. Susan Pringle Frost, a preservation pioneer and cofounder of the Preservation Society of Charleston, purchased several houses along the alley then described by the Post and Courier as a "slum." George Dingle, a tradesman, built this small 2-story, gabled roof dwelling as a tenement in the mid-19th century almost contemporaneously with the similarly fenestrated house next door at 4 St. Michael's Alley. (Poston, Buildings of Charleston.)
See Easement Documentation Photo Files for easement donation photographs (Exh. B to Deed of Conservation Easement).
Three files contain documentation of the easement on the property; appraisal (2019); property research report including narrative, chain-of-title, timeline, maps, etc. (Lavelle, 2018); FOHG garden history with hand-drawn landscape plan (1979); historical/chain-of-title research notes; photocopy of plat (undated); photocopy of 1813 deed and plat (Winstonley to Downie); photocopy of 1799 plat; newspaper article (Susan Pringle Frost, date not indicated); correspondence (2 letters) related plans for the construction of a garden building (2001); 1886 Earthquake damage assessment; Hurricane Hugo damage assessment (PDF only).
Files will eventually contain additional documentation such as correspondence related to the easement; annual inspection reports; requests for alterations; correspondence related to the management of the property; correspondence and other documentation related to the sale of the property; historical research; etc.Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property RecordsAcquisition
Accession
STMICHAELS.006.Source or Donor
6 St. Michael's Alley (George Dingle House)Acquisition Method
Collected by StaffLexicon
Search Terms
St. Michael's Alley, Easement Property, Historic buildings--South Carolina--CharlestonArchive Details
Archive Size/Extent
1 Gift Folder
1 Management Folder
1 History/Miscellaneous 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), pg. 192Provenance
Notes
Admin or Biographical History: (HCF research notes, 2018.)
File containsGeneral Notes
Note
Notes: PDF with 1799 plat is attached to record for 11 St. Michael's Alley.
Look at 61-63 Broad Street for historical deed and plat research.Created By
admin@catalogit.appCreate Date
October 19, 2011Updated By
admin@catalogit.appUpdate Date
February 17, 2023