Name/Title
20 Wentworth Street (Lopez-Moise Tenement)Entry/Object ID
WENTWORTH.020.1Scope and Content
Constructed ca. 1839; restored 1970 and late-1970s. David Lopez, a merchant and builder whose Rhode Island-born father owned a store on King Street selling architectural ornament, built these dual tenements (18-20 Wentworth Street) with his brother-in-law, Isaac Moise, between 1839 and 1841. At nearly the same time Lopez was active in some capacity in the construction of the new Beth Elohim Synagogue on nearby Hasell Street. Lopez sold out his interest, during or just after construction, to Moise, a founder of the Reformed Society of Israel and brother of Penina Moise, a noted antebellum writer and originator of the first Jewish Sunday school. Typical of Greek Revival row houses, both units stand two stories on raised basements and follow the side-hall, double-parlor plan.
Three files contain documentation of the easement on the property including related correspondence; Part I certification (National Register); easement appraisal report; annual inspection reports, requests for alterations, and correspondence related to the management of the property; brief narrative histories (undated, unattributed); house history from Tour Guide Training Manual (2011); historical/chain-of-title research information (undated, unattributed); Rosen and Associates inspection report (1988).
See Covenant/Easement Inspection Photo Files for inspection photography and Easement Manager's digital photo files. No easement donation photographs (Exh. B to Deed of Conservation Easement) on file.Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property RecordsAcquisition
Accession
WENTWORTH.020.Source or Donor
20 Wentworth Street (Lopez-Moise Tenement)Acquisition Method
Collected by StaffLexicon
Search Terms
Wentworth Street, Ansonborough, Ansonborough Rehabilitation Project (ARP), Easement Property, 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 110Shelf
Prop File Shelves, Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentRelationships
Related Entries
Notes
WENTWORTH.020.2
Related Units of Description: Easement Manager's working files
"Ansonborough" document box, Preservation Topics shelvesRelated Publications
Notes
Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 473Created By
admin@catalogit.appCreate Date
January 16, 2014Updated By
admin@catalogit.appUpdate Date
February 16, 2023