Legare Street (General)

Archive

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Historic Charleston Foundation

Name/Title

Legare Street (General)

Entry/Object ID

LEGARE.GEN.1

Scope and Content

Legare Street was called Johnson's Street for Sir Nathaniel Johnson, Governor of the Province from 1703-09. From Tradd to Broad, it originally was named Friend Street in recognition of the Society of Friends, or Quakers. From Broad to Queen, the street was named Allen for the man who allowed it to be cut through his property. Allen Street later became part of Friend Street, and after 1900, the entire length came to be called Legare Street, after Solomon Legaré, a prosperous Huguenot silversmith who owned considerable real estate at Legare and Tradd Streets. (Tour Guide Training Manual) File contains photocopy of 1919 "Plat of Lots on Tradd and Legare Streets" encompassing the northeast corner of Legare and Tradd (36 Legare, 38 Legare, 40 Legare, 42 Legare, 112 Tradd, and 114 Tradd); photocopy of 1775? plat of 41 Legare (northwest corner of Legare and Tradd); 36 Legare FOHG tour script (1997); Philip Simmons ironwork survey sheet for 36 Legare Street. File also contains article "Historic Schools of Legare Street" by Sarah Fick (Preservation Progress, 2010) that includes information about Friend Street School (forerunner of Crafts School), Madame Talvande's Select School for Young Ladies [32 Legare Street], Miss Julia Datty's School [31 Legare Street], Madam Petit's School for Young Ladies [17 Legare Street], Miss Murden's School for Children (later Misses Sass School) [23 Legare Street], and Gaud School [29 Legare Street].

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

LEGARE.GEN.

Source or Donor

Legare Street (General)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Schools

Search Terms

Legare Street, 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 59

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

January 16, 2013

Updated By

admin@catalogit.app

Update Date

February 17, 2023