Name/Title
122 Wentworth Street (Hopton-Muckenfuss House)Entry/Object ID
WENTWORTH.122.1Scope and Content
Constructed ca. 1830. Robert Hopton acquired this lot in 1821, a site formerly owned by John Burckmeyer, who built the house next door at 124 Wentworth Street. The 3-story, plantation-style version of the Charleston single house faces the street with a double-tiered piazza and two central doorways on the first two floors with rectilinear transoms and sidelights. The wooden picket fence standing on a masonry coping is a rare form of this type of enclosure, once common in the neighborhood. After passing through several owners, the house became the property of H.W. Muckenfuss. W. Murragh Muckenfuss, an attorney on Broad Street, lived here for much of the late-19th century.
Three files contain documentation of the easement on the property including related correspondence and confirmation of understanding; Part I certification (National Register); IRS form 8283; annual inspection reports; requests for alterations; roperty; house history from Information for Guides of Historic Charleston (1984); house history from Tour Guide Training Manual (2011); handwritten staff chain-of-title research "source notes" (scant); 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).
See Easement Documentation Photo Files for easement donation photographs (Exh. B to Deed of Conservation Easement). No inspection photographs on file (see Easement Manager's digital inspection photographs).Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property RecordsAcquisition
Accession
WENTWORTH.122.Source or Donor
122 Wentworth Street (Hopton-Muckenfuss House)Acquisition Method
Collected by StaffLexicon
Search Terms
Wentworth Street, Harleston Village, 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 112Shelf
Prop File Shelves, Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentLocation
Container
2Shelf
Prop File Shelves, Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentRelationships
Related Entries
Notes
WENTWORTH.122.2
Related Units of Description: Easement Manager's working files
Ca. 1940 photos of the 120 block of Wentworth Street (2004.022.11a-b)Related Publications
Notes
Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 574-575Created By
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February 12, 2014Updated By
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February 17, 2023