15 Thomas Street (Samuel S. Mills House)

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Historic Charleston Foundation

15 Thomas Street, ca. 1996: Origsize: 4x6; Origformat: Print-Photographic
15 Thomas Street, ca. 1996

Origsize: 4x6; Origformat: Print-Photographic

Name/Title

15 Thomas Street (Samuel S. Mills House)

Entry/Object ID

THOMAS.015.1

Scope and Content

Constructed ca. 1840. Samuel Sage Mills, a native of Massachusetts, bought a substantial corner property including this site and 177 feet along Warren Street in 1839. Mills constructed this building while his brother-in-law, Lawrence A. Edmonston, erected a similar dwelling on the western portion of the property at 86 Warren Street. A single Ionic pilaster survives at the southeast corner of the Mills dwelling, but its match at the northeast corner was removed many years ago. A subsequent owner also removed the Ionic-columned portico on the south elevation. Architectural historians have generally noted that the external appearance of the building, with its pilasters, dentiled cornice, and Greek Revival recessed doorway, and its internal plan, without a central stair hall, resembles New England style houses of the period. (Buildings of Charleston, Jonathan Poston.) File contains newspaper articles (DYKYC 1968 & 1978); building history (Samuel G. Stoney, undated); 1886 Earthquake damage assessment; Hurricane Hugo damage assessment; captioned newspaper photo (Focus on Historic Houses, 1979); photo from This is Charleston ("Valuable").

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

THOMAS.015.

Source or Donor

15 Thomas Street (Samuel S. Mills House)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

Thomas Street, Radcliffeborough and Cannonborough, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Property File

Archive Details

Archive Size/Extent

1 File Folder

Archive Notes

Finding Aids: Index to Property Files. Level of Description: Folder

Location

Location

Shelf

Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Location

Container

PF Box 100

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

THOMAS.015.2, THOMAS.015.3, THOMAS.015.4a-b

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 641-642

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

May 16, 2012

Updated By

admin@catalogit.app

Update Date

February 17, 2023