Name/Title
48 South Battery (James MacBeth House)Entry/Object ID
SBATTERY.048.1Scope and Content
Constructed 1846 by James MacBeth. This three-story, gable-ended Greek Revival house has a substantial two-tiered piazza consisting of a masonry arcade on the ground story and a fluted Tuscan-columned porch on the second story. Sandstone pediments and lintels survive over the principal exterior door and windows. The MacBeth House, like its two neighbors to the east, retains its original wood fence and curved lattice gate. The dependency to the rear of the house dates from 1790; it was the first home of the Charleston Day School (1937-1939). (Poston, Buildings of Charleston.)
Three files contain documentation of the easement on the property including related correspondence; Part I certification (National Register); easement appraisal report and IRS form 8283; FOHG house histories (undated, 1992, 1998); FOHG house histories for 48½ South Battery kitchen house (1992); historical/chain-of-title research including maps and other supporting documentation (Sarah Fick, 2009); Rosen and Associates Hurricane Hugo chimney damage inspection report (1990).
Files will eventually contain additional documentation such as 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; etc.
See Easement Documentation Photo Files for easement donation photographs (Exh. B to Deed of Conservation Easement). No inspection photographs on file (see Easement Manager's digital files).Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property RecordsAcquisition
Accession
SBATTERY.048.Source or Donor
48 South Battery (James Macbeth House)Acquisition Method
Collected by StaffLexicon
Search Terms
South Battery, Easement Property, Eighteenth-Century Expansion, 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 96Shelf
Prop File Shelves, Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentRelationships
Related Entries
Notes
SBATTERY.048.2
Related Units of Description: Easement Manager's working files
Preservation Consultants files (Part I and/or Part II applications and/or photos and/or miscellaneous documentation), 2011.022.1Related Publications
Notes
Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 274Created By
admin@catalogit.appCreate Date
March 26, 2012Updated By
admin@catalogit.appUpdate Date
February 17, 2023