Name/Title
122 Tradd Street (William C. Bee House)Entry/Object ID
TRADD.122.1Scope and Content
Constructed ca. 1850. William C. Bee, owner of the leading blockade running business in Charleston during the Civil War, served as a commissioner from South Carolina negotiating a withdrawal of Federal troops and the end of Reconstruction. Bee built this 3½ story brick single house as his family's residence in the second quarter of the 19th century. The two-bay, three-story brick facade consists of Flemish bond brickwork, brick jack arches above each window, and a gabled parapet with a tripartite window. The two-story Tuscan-columned piazza features an Italianate style architrave screen with a console bracketed hood. Bee helped establish the phosphate industry in the Charleston area after the war. (Poston, Buildings of Charleston.)
Three files contain documentation of the easement on the property including side letter" and Confirmation of Understanding; Part I certification (National Register); appraisal; annual inspection reports, requests for alterations, and correspondence related to the management of the property, including conceptual approval letter (1983); FOHG house histories (three 1980s?) and garden history (2003); captioned newspaper photograph of house (1972); photocopy of plats (1966, 1988); HABS photographs of house and gate).
See Easement Documentation Photo Files for easement donation photographs (Exh. B to Deed of Conservation Easement) and Covenant/Easement Inspection Photo Files for inspection photography.Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property RecordsAcquisition
Accession
TRADD.122.Source or Donor
122 Tradd Street (William C. Bee House)Acquisition Method
Collected by StaffLexicon
Search Terms
Tradd Street, Easement Property, Eighteenth-Century Expansion, Loutrel Briggs garden, 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 104Shelf
Prop File Shelves, Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentRelationships
Related Entries
Notes
Related Units of Description: Easement Manager's working files
See also HALS/Loutrel Briggs Garden Survey (2007.016.1).Related Publications
Notes
Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 287General Notes
Note
Notes: Photos in this record from Easement Manager's digital inspection photos.Created By
admin@catalogit.appCreate Date
June 21, 2012Updated By
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February 17, 2023