Name/Title
27 State Street/9 Queen Street (Joseph Quinby Building)Entry/Object ID
STATE.027.1Scope and Content
9 Queen Street and 27 State Street were constructed in the early 19th century, shortly after 1814. Shortly after Joseph Quinby purchased the property, he erected the corner building to accommodate a ground floor commercial use with living quarters above. He also built the outbuilding behind it along State Street and connected the two buildings with a piazza/veranda on the second floor which creates a wonderful interior courtyard on the ground floor. Now operates as a gallery and bed & breakfast.
File contains chain-of-title and associated research notes and materials including maps; house history from Information for Guides of Historic Charleston (1984); email correspondence about the composition of the mantel (David Hoffman to HCF); brochure for 27 State Street Bed & Breakfast; Rosen and Associates (engineers) inspection report (1996).Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property RecordsAcquisition
Accession
STATE.027.Source or Donor
27 State Street (Wurdeman-Ferand House)Acquisition Method
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Search Terms
State Street, Queen Street, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Outbuildings--South Carolina--CharlestonArchive Details
Archive Size/Extent
1 File 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 99Shelf
Prop File Shelves, Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentRelationships
Related Publications
Notes
Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 132General Notes
Note
Notes: Buildings of Charleston description (removed with creation of 2019 house history: Constructed ca. 1814 with addition of outbuilding at 25 State ca. 1816. John Wurdeman owned this corner site long enough to construct a mixed-use commercial space and residence of three stories, selling it to Thomas Ferand by 1816. Ferand added an outbuilding, and either he or a later owner fronted it with an elliptically arched piazza, louvered on the second story. This latter feature led the late architectural historian Samuel G. Stoney, to relate the appearance of the building to the houses of St. Thomas and St. Croix in the Virgin Islands.Created By
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April 23, 2012Updated By
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February 17, 2023