Name/Title
35 State Street (Arnoldus Venning House)Entry/Object ID
STATE.035.1Scope and Content
Constructed ca. 1821; rehabilitated 1974. The widow of the colonial portraitist Jeremiah Theus owned a house on this site that may have been rebuilt after the fire of 1796. The present house dates to 1821, when it was acquired by the wealthy Christ Church Parish planter and factor Arnoldus Venning. The ground floor formerly housing a shop received the most alteration in its rehabilitation. The parapet with inset panels and dogtoothed cornicing continues to the dwelling next door at 37 State Street, an exposed brick house with similar fenestration. The latter building appears to be of identical construction to its southern neighbor except for the larger size of its windows and its central door architrave with Greek Revival style fluted columns, central swag motif, and a four-paneled Italianate style door. This property was listed in the 1850s as being "new brick -- 3 stories" and passed to Michael McGorty, a "lamplighter" by trade who lit the new gas streetlights each evening. McGorty lived next door at 39 State Street. (Poston, Buildings of Charleston.)
File contains historical research contained in letter from S. Henry Edmunds (1957); FOHG house history (1997); newspaper article (1977).Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property RecordsAcquisition
Accession
STATE.035.Source or Donor
35 State Street (Arnoldus Venning House)Acquisition Method
Collected by StaffLexicon
Search Terms
State Street, Historic buildings--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 Entries
Notes
STATE.035.2, STATE.037.1, STATE.037.2
Related Units of Description: See Photos, STATE.037.2a-bRelated Publications
Notes
Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 133Created By
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April 23, 2012Updated By
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February 17, 2023