Name/Title
59 Smith Street (Capt. Joseph Jenkins House)Entry/Object ID
SMITH.059.1Scope and Content
Constructed ca. 1818; restored 1964. Capt. Joseph Jenkins, owner of Brick House Plantation on Edisto Island, built this single house as a town residence shortly after purchasing these two lots in 1818. The building stands on a high masonry foundation and retains the features that are hallmarks of Harleston Village single houses. The weatherboarded facade, with two bays on the street side and nine-over-nine windows, terminates in a closed gable roof. It has side dormers and a central pediment with a lunette window. A 1-story piazza supported by an arcaded stucco ground story is accessed from the street by a ground-level piazza door screen with a pilastered architrave and rectangular fanlighted transom. Jenkins sold the house to his nephew, and it remained in the family until 1838, when it passed to William Birnie. After the Civil War the original lot was subdivided and new houses in the Queen Anne style were constructed at 55 and 57 Smith Street. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Woodward of Philadelphia, who restored 94 Rutledge Avenue a few years earlier, rehabilitated this dwelling, removing asbestos siding and the remnants of numerous rental units.
File contains narrative history (by Patti Foos Whitelaw, ca. 1960s); newspaper articles (including 1964 DYKYC); house history from Information for Guides of Historic Charleston (1984); historical/chain-of-title research notes (Sarah Fick, 2008?); house history from HCF Landmarks In Use Tour (1/24/1965); SC Dept. of Archives and History architectural survey form.Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property RecordsAcquisition
Accession
SMITH.059.Source or Donor
59 Smith Street (Capt. Joseph Jenkins House)Acquisition Method
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Search Terms
Smith Street, Harleston Village, Historic buildings--South Carolina--CharlestonArchive Details
Archive Size/Extent
1 File FolderArchive Notes
Finding Aids: Index to Property Files.
Level of Description: FolderLocation
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Shelf
Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentDate
February 7, 2023Location
Container
PF Box 91Shelf
Prop File Shelves, Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
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Notes
SMITH.059.2, SMITH.059.3, SMITH.059.4, SMITH.059.5Related Publications
Notes
Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 564Created By
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February 10, 2012Updated By
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February 17, 2023