129 Tradd Street (Joseph Winthrop House) and Open Space at 127 Tradd Street

Archive

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Historic Charleston Foundation

129 Tradd Street: Origsize: 8x10; Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 75 dpi
129 Tradd Street

Origsize: 8x10; Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 75 dpi

Name/Title

129 Tradd Street (Joseph Winthrop House) and Open Space at 127 Tradd Street

Entry/Object ID

TRADD.129.1

Scope and Content

Constructed ca. 1797; restored 1940s. Joseph Winthrop, a member of one of Boston's oldest families, came to Charleston from Connecticut as a young merchant in 1788. After wedding Mary, the elder sister of the miniaturist Charles Fraser, he built this three-story single house on a large lot set back from Tradd Street. The structure is austerely simple on the exterior with beaded weatherboarding, large six-over-six windows, and a deep modillioned cornice. The interior retains much of its original Federal woodwork. Architectural historian Samuel G. Stoney lived in the rear dependency for much of his later career as a Charleston historian. Three files contain documentation of both easements on the property (exterior and open space) including related correspondence and Confirmation of Understanding; Part I certification (National Register); IRS form 8283; annual inspection reports, requests for alterations, and correspondence related to the management of the property; FOHG house histories (early pamphlet, from 1952 tour book, 1960s?, 1969, 2000) and FOHG garden history (2005); brief narrative history (Stoney, 1967); letter to homeowners(?) from Stoney (1967); newspaper article about house on tour (Stoney, 1950s); house history from Architectural Guide to Charleston (by Simons & Thomas); photocopy of captioned newspaper photograph (1948); printout of Library of Congress photo; letter acknowledging gift of cast iron fencing to HCF (1997); 1886 Earthquake Damage Assessment. 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 Records

Acquisition

Accession

TRADD.129.

Source or Donor

129 Tradd Street (Joseph Winthrop House)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

Tradd Street, Easement Property, Eighteenth-Century Expansion, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Property File

Archive Details

Archive Size/Extent

1 Gift Folder 1 Management Folder 1 History/Miscellaneous 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 105

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

TRADD.129.2 Related Units of Description: Easement Manager's working files

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 290 FOH Tour booklets on Lowcountry Digital Library

General Notes

Note

Notes: Exterior easement; also easement on the open space at 127 Tradd Street. Several sections of cast iron fencing that had remained in the yard of 127 Tradd Street were donated to HCF's architectural elements collection (see letter dated 8/20/1997, historical info file); no indication of use, if any.

Created By

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Create Date

June 28, 2012

Updated By

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Update Date

February 16, 2023