Name/Title
12 Gillon StreetEntry/Object ID
GILLON.012.1a-dDescription
Four B&W photographs of 12 Gillon Street:
a-b: South (front) elevation, taken at slightly different orientations.
c-d: Gillon Street streetscape, taken at different orientations. 12 Gillon in the foreground. 10 Gillon and 8 Gillon also in view.
Photos B and D not scanned.
Constructed c. 1740. Gillon Street, one of Charleston's few cobblestone streets, contains several significant pre- and post-Revolutionary structures. 12 Gillon housed a tavern shortly after construction in 1740. It was occupied by the colorful merchant and politician Alexander Gillon in the 1780s. Gillon rose to great wealth within a decade of his arrival in Charleston in 1764. In the 1790s he championed anti-Federalist causes and also was largely responsible for the brief reintroduction of the African slave trade between 1803 and 1808. At the east end of the street an 1840s range of factors' offices, 9 Mid-Atlantic Wharf, survives, although it was given a colonial Revival style facade in a 1941 renovation. (Buildings of Charleston, p. 119.)Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property RecordsAcquisition
Accession
GILLON.012.Source or Donor
12 Gillon StreetAcquisition Method
Collected by StaffMade/Created
Artist
Saunders, Katherine (HCF)Date made
circa 1996Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Gillon Street, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Streets--South Carolina--CharlestonLocation
Location
Cabinet
Photo File CabinetsRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
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February 7, 2023Copyright
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