Name/Title
22-24 Wentworth Street (Francis Q. McHugh Tenements)Entry/Object ID
WENTWORTH.022-24.1Scope and Content
Constructed ca. 1840; renovated 1970. The enterprising attorney Francis Q. McHugh, who built six substantial brick buildings in this area in the 1840s and 1850s, constructed a double tenement on this site in about 1840. The house has brick details common to the area, but particularly noteworthy are the cast-iron grilles set into the dogtoothed brick parapet, featuring a palmetto motif rather than the formal Greek anthemion design. Saved in the Ansonborough project, the building in the 1960s had no plumbing and only the barest wiring. The purchasers from the foundation removed partitions between the two dwellings and converted the former double tenement into one substantial house. On the interior Greek Revival plaster cornices, ceiling medallions, and black marble mantels add distinction. Still the occupant in 1861, McHugh was also the builder of numerous rental properties in Harleston Village. (Poston, Buildings of Charleston.)
Three files contain documentation of the covenant on the property; correspondence and other documentation related to the sale and management of the property; documentation related to HCF's purchase purchase and rehabilitation of the property; annual inspection reports; requests for alterations; archaeological report (Brockington, 2007); chain-of-title research information; house history (HCF, undated): FOHG house histories (1972, 1997, 2003); "Designer House" house history (1998); newspaper article (1970 DYKYC); magazine article about Kat and Drayton Hastie's furnishings (House Beautiful, 1995); data sheet for CharlestonWISE Impact Project (Sustainability Institute) that includes construction date, square footage, number of stories, building orientation, system materials/types, Sanborn Map research notes, and additions/alterations notes (Mariah Schwartz, 2011); copy of HCF easement/covenant information card (TMS number, year of construction, residents pre-post HCF purchase, deed restrictions, measurements, and tax information).
See Covenant/Easement Inspection Photo Files for inspection photography and and Easement Manager's digital photo files.Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property RecordsAcquisition
Accession
WENTWORTH.022-4Source or Donor
22-24 Wentworth Street (Francis Q. McHugh Tenements)Acquisition Method
Collected by StaffLexicon
Search Terms
Wentworth Street, Ansonborough, Ansonborough Rehabilitation Project (ARP), Covenant Property, Historic buildings--South Carolina--CharlestonArchive Details
Archive Size/Extent
1 Covenant 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.022-24.2, WENTWORTH.022-24.3, WENTWORTH.022-24.4, WENTWORTH.022-24.5
Related Units of Description: Easement Manager's working files
"Ansonborough" document box, Preservation Topics shelvesRelated Publications
Notes
Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 474Created By
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January 22, 2014Updated By
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February 17, 2023