Name/Title
157 Wentworth Street (Eleanor Wilkinson House)Entry/Object ID
WENTWORTH.157.1Scope and Content
Constructed ca. 1853. This 2½ story side-hall double-parlor plan dwelling was built around 1853 by Mrs. Eleanora Wilkinson, following her husband's death. A Greek Revival architrave ornaments the front facade, and a double piazza attached to the west facade is supported by Tuscan columns. After Mrs. Wilkinson's death in 1874, the property passed to her son-in-law Christopher Gustavus Memminger, a secretary of the treasury for the Confederacy and the founder of Charleston's public school system. Memminger did not choose to reside at 157 Wentworth. He remained at his own dwelling at 150 Wentworth Street (now demolished) and sold the Wilkinson property in 1874 to Mrs. Miriam Valentine for $6,000. The second tier of the piazza was enclosed by a later owner. (Poston, Buildings of Charleston.)
File contains historical research report (Butler, 2020); newspaper article (1970 DYKYC); house history from Information for Guides of Historic Charleston (1984); 1886 Earthquake damage assessment (pdf); Hurricane Hugo damage assessment (pdf).Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property RecordsAcquisition
Accession
WENTWORTH.157.Source or Donor
157 Wentworth Street (Eleanora Wilkinson House)Acquisition Method
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Wentworth Street, Harleston Village, Historic buildings--South Carolina--CharlestonArchive Details
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Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
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February 7, 2023Location
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PF Box 112Shelf
Prop File Shelves, Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
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2Shelf
Prop File Shelves, Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
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Notes
Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 580-581Created By
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February 13, 2014Updated By
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February 17, 2023