Name/Title
34 Smith Street (Robertson-Pickens House)Entry/Object ID
SMITH.034.1Scope and Content
Constructed ca. 1855; restored 1990s. George Robertson, a prosperous Scottish merchant, built this large Italianate style "villa" on the northeast corner of Beaufain and Smith Streets in about 1855. The house descended to Anna Ingraham Pickens, wife of a Citadel cadet who fired one of the first shots of the Civil War. By 1902 the Pickens family, through their trustee, sold the house to Julius Janhz, a partner in the C.D. Franke Company, as well as a bank director. Serving as the chairman of the Commission for Public Works, Janhz was responsible for a diversion of the Edisto River that still provides much of Charleston's present-day water supply. The house's central pedimented pavilion, with arched windows and a balustrade bay, dominates the Smith Street side. The principal entry is on the north, approached by a flight of red sandstone steps. A masked piazza is on the south side. Used as apartments for several decades, the house was restored as a predominantly single-family residence.
File contains newspaper article (1983 DYKYC); captioned newspaper photograph of Jahnz family in front of house (1912); house history from Information for Guides of Historic Charleston (1984).Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property RecordsAcquisition
Accession
SMITH.034.Source or Donor
34 Smith Street (Robertson-Pickens House)Acquisition Method
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Smith Street, Harleston Village, Historic buildings--South Carolina--CharlestonArchive Details
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1 File FolderArchive Notes
Finding Aids: Index to Property Files.
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Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentDate
February 7, 2023Location
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PF Box 91Shelf
Prop File Shelves, Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
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Notes
Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 562Created By
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February 10, 2012Updated By
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February 17, 2023