38 Chalmers Street (Jane Wightman House / Bernard O'Neill House)

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Historic Charleston Foundation

38 Chalmers Street, ca. 1960s: Origformat: Print-Photographic
38 Chalmers Street, ca. 1960s

Origformat: Print-Photographic

Name/Title

38 Chalmers Street (Jane Wightman House / Bernard O'Neill House)

Entry/Object ID

CHALMERS.038.1

Scope and Content

Formerly the location of late 18th century wooden tenements, the site of 4-38 Chalmers Street was purchased in 1816 by the owner of the adjacent property, Dr. William Wightman. Wightman left these properties to his free black daughter Jane Prevost (Wightman). Either she or her executor built this 2½-story brick house at 38 Chalmers Street as an investment ca. 1844, after which it was sold to Bernard O'Neill. His descendant, Charleston artist Elizabeth O'Neill Verner, sold the residence to Miss Laura Bragg, who came to Charleston in 1927 as the director of the Charleston Museum and later founded the Charleston Free Library. (Buildings of Charleston, Poston.) File contains FOHG house histories (undated, 1998); narrative history (possibly by Harlan Greene); house history from the City of Charleston Tour Guide Training Manual; 1886 Earthquake damage assessment (pdf).

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

CHALMERS.038.

Source or Donor

38 Chalmers Street (Jane Wightman House / Bernard O'Neill House)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

Chalmers Street, Civic Square, 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 19

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Simons, Albert

Related Entries

Notes

CHALMERS.038.2 Related Units of Description: Preservation Consultants files (conditions report), 2011.022.1

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 176-177

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

August 8, 2006

Updated By

admin@catalogit.app

Update Date

February 17, 2023