Restoration of the Charleston County Courthouse

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

BROAD.084.006

Scope and Content

Historic Charleston Foundation played a major role in persuading Charleston County government to undertake an extensive restoration of the Charleston County Courthouse for the purpose of returning a landmark building to its former glory and keeping courtrooms and law offices downtown. This would result in the underwriting of the economic viabiltiy of Broad Street and preserving a historic use for the area known as the Four Corners of Law. (Weyeneth, Historic Preervation for a Living City.). In 2003, restoration work was completed, bringing the Courthouse back to its 1792 appearance. The collection consists of seven document boxes (~3 lin. ft.) of file folders and salvaged building materials. Reports shelved separately. Box 1: Background Research Files Box 2: Friends of the Charleston County Courthouse Box 3: Restoration Documentation Box 4: Restoration Documentation - Reports and Project Manuals Box 5: Restoration Documentation - Furnishings Box 6: Restoration Documentation - Correspondence and News Articles Box 7: Salvaged building materials from Courthouse See Container List for itemized list.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

BROAD.084.

Source or Donor

84 Broad Street (Old SC Statehouse/Charleston County Courthouse)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

Broad Street, Charleston County Courthouse (Charleston, S.C.)--Conservation and restoration, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston--Conservation and restoration, Courthouses--South Carolina--Charleston--Conservation and restoration

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Collection

Archive Details

Archive Size/Extent

Seven document boxes (~3 lin. ft.): file folders

Archive Notes

Level of Description: Series

Archive Items Details

Title

History - Articles and Essays

Container

Notes

Container: Box 1 - Background Research Files

Title

History - Correspondence

Container

Notes

Container: Box 1 - Background Research Files

Title

History - General Charleston History

Container

Notes

Container: Box 1 - Background Research Files

Title

History - Peter Manigault

Description

Excerpt about Peter Manigault from unidentified book.

Container

Notes

Container: Box 1 - Background Research Files

Title

History - General Courthouse Information

Description

Information about courthouses from a variety of print sources.

Container

Notes

Container: Box 1 - Background Research Files

Title

History - Maps

Description

Photocopies of maps, including Sanborn Maps.

Container

Notes

Container: Box 1 - Background Research Files

Title

History - Photographs/Portraits

Description

Photocopies of photographs and portraits.

Container

Notes

Container: Box 1 - Background Research Files

Title

History - General South Carolina History

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Notes

Container: Box 1 - Background Research Files

Title

Charles Pinckney / John Raven

Description

Excerpts from unidentified book about Charles Pinckney, Charles Cotewsorth Pinckney, and John Raven.

Container

Notes

Container: Box 1 - Background Research Files

Title

Jacob Sass-Benjamin Wheeler Cabinetmakers

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Notes

Container: Box 1 - Background Research Files

Title

Edward Viett, Emile Viett, Isaac H. Hall

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Notes

Container: Box 1 - Background Research Files

Title

John Beale

Container

Notes

Container: Box 1 - Background Research Files

Title

Clippings - South Carolina Gazette

Container

Notes

Container: Box 1 - Background Research Files

Title

Clippings - City Gazette, Daily Advertiser, South Carolina Gazette

Container

Notes

Container: Box 1 - Background Research Files

Title

Clippings - News & Courier

Container

Notes

Container: Box 1 - Background Research Files

Title

General Miranda Notes

Description

Excerpts from travel diaries of General Miranda.

Container

Notes

Container: Box 1 - Background Research Files

Title

Court Dates, Attendance, Location: 1790-1809

Description

List of court dates including name of court and names of those in attendance, including judges, clerks, deputies, marshals, and attorneys. From the National Archives, East Point, Georgia.

Container

Notes

Container: Box 1 - Background Research Files

Title

Other Writings

Description

Other writings about the Charleston County Courthouse: "Comments on Preservation of the Charleston County Courthouse" by W. Brown Morton (3/10/1991) "Future of the Charleston County Courthouse: Recommendations to the Charleston County Council" by Carl Lounsbury, Willie Graham, Mark Wenger ( 4/15/1991) "Charleston County Courthouse Building Analysis" by Glenn Keyes (August, 1985). (PDF on ExternalHardDrive MyPassport1.) "Charleston County Courthouse Historic Structures Report on the Architectural Development and Historical Alterations to the Building" by (Milner, 1991). (PDF on ExternalHardDrive MyPassport1.)

Container

18-19

Notes

Container: Box 1 - Background Research Files

Title

By-laws

Container

Notes

Container: Box 2 - Friends of the Charleston County Courthouse

Title

Newsletters, Publications, etc.

Container

Notes

Container: Box 2 - Friends of the Charleston County Courthouse

Title

Minutes/Correspondence (1989-1999)

Description

Thirteen files.

Container

Notes

Container: Box 2 - Friends of the Charleston County Courthouse

Title

Restoration Chronology

Container

Notes

Container: Box 3 - Restoration Documentation

Title

BAR Submittals/Correspondence

Container

Notes

Container: Box 3 - Restoration Documentation

Title

BAR 1992 - Lounsbury Corrections

Description

Architectural drawings/plans.

Container

Notes

Container: Box 3 - Restoration Documentation

Title

Miscellaneous Financial Records/Fee Schedules

Container

Notes

Container: Box 3 - Restoration Documentation

Title

Miscellaneous Notes and Correspondence

Container

Notes

Container: Box 3 - Restoration Documentation

Title

HABS Documentation Project

Container

Notes

Container: Box 3 - Restoration Documentation

Title

Designs/Drawings

Container

Notes

Container: Box 3 - Restoration Documentation

Title

Charleston County Reports and Recommendations

Description

Two files.

Container

Notes

Container: Box 3 - Restoration Documentation

Title

Report of the Blue Ribbon Committee

Description

Report of the Blue Ribbon committee for a Charleston County Judicial Center to Charleston County Council (1990)

Container

Notes

Container: Box 4 - Restoration Documentation: Reports & Project Manuals

Title

Project Manual

Description

Project Manual: Restoration/Renovation to the Charleston County Courthouse (Liollio, 1985)

Container

Notes

Container: Box 4 - Restoration Documentation: Reports & Project Manuals

Title

Lindbergh & Associates [engineers] Reports

Container

Notes

Container: Box 4 - Restoration Documentation: Reports & Project Manuals

Title

Occupancy Scenarios

Description

Charleston County Administration and Judicial Center Occupancy Scenarios for Downtown Buildings: Preliminary Draft (NBBJ, 1995)

Container

Notes

Container: Box 4 - Restoration Documentation: Reports & Project Manuals

Title

Project Manual for Phase IID

Description

Project Manual for Phase IID: Interior Restoration of the Historic Courthouse, County of Charleston (NBBJ, 1998)

Container

Notes

Container: Box 4 - Restoration Documentation: Reports & Project Manuals

Title

Restoration and Furnishings Plan

Container

Notes

Container: Box 5 - Restoration Documentation: Furnishings

Title

Furniture

Description

Two files.

Container

Notes

Container: Box 5 - Restoration Documentation: Furnishings

Title

Portraits

Description

Two files.

Container

Notes

Container: Box 5 - Restoration Documentation: Furnishings

Title

Carpets

Container

Notes

Container: Box 5 - Restoration Documentation: Furnishings

Title

Pitt Statue

Container

Notes

Container: Box 5 - Restoration Documentation: Furnishings

Title

Lighting/Fixtures

Container

Notes

Container: Box 5 - Restoration Documentation: Furnishings

Title

Exhibit Plans

Description

Two files.

Container

Notes

Container: Box 5 - Restoration Documentation: Furnishings

Title

Correspondence, 1985-1999

Description

Fourteen files.

Container

Notes

Container: Box 6 - Restoration Documentation: Correspondence/News

Title

News Articles, 1983-1998

Description

Three files.

Container

Notes

Container: Box 6 - Restoration Documentation: Correspondence/News

Title

First Period Stucco

Container

Notes

Container: Box 7 - Building Materials from Courthouse

Title

Mortar on County Courthouse

Description

Revealed 18th c. rendering coat on wall.

Container

Notes

Container: Box 7 - Building Materials from Courthouse

Title

Nails from the Charleston County Courthouse Roof

Description

Large wrought nail from c. 1792 rafter foot cut nail from sheathing and smaller nail (unknown). Recovered by Jon Poston on inspection of site, 6/4/1999.

Container

Notes

Container: Box 7 - Building Materials from Courthouse

Title

Plaster (Pre 1800s)

Description

From second floor front center room. Three pieces.

Container

Notes

Container: Box 7 - Building Materials from Courthouse

Title

Stucco-Plaster

Description

From interior south wall, second floor (Old RMC office).

Container

Notes

Container: Box 7 - Building Materials from Courthouse

Title

"Rose Head" Cut Nail

Description

From joist in SW room (Old Courtroom), first floor.

Container

Notes

Container: Box 7 - Building Materials from Courthouse

Title

Nails

Description

Two 4' nails. Origin not documented.

Container

Notes

Container: Box 7 - Building Materials from Courthouse

Title

Plaster Fragment

Description

Origin not documented.

Container

Notes

Container: Box 7 - Building Materials from Courthouse

Title

Plaster Fragments

Description

Three pieces. Origin not documented.

Container

Notes

Container: Box 7 - Building Materials from Courthouse

Title

List of Samples

Description

List of Courthouse samplesand copy of floor plans showing the location of where mortar samples taken 6/23/1991.

Container

Notes

Container: Box 7 - Building Materials from Courthouse

Location

Container

Document Box

Shelf

Archives D-10

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Date

February 7, 2023

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

2006.002.0004, 2009.002.070, 2009.002.071, 2013.026.11, BROAD.084.001, BROAD.084.002, BROAD.084.003, BROAD.084.004a-b, BROAD.084.005a-b, BROAD.084.007, BROAD.084.008, BROAD.084.009, BROAD.084.010, BROAD.084.011, BROAD.084.012, BROAD.084.013, BROAD.084.014, BROAD.084.015a-h, BROAD.084.016a-c, BROAD.084.017a-k, BROAD.084.018, BROAD.084.019a-h, BROAD.084.020, BROAD.084.021a-c, BROAD.084.022, BROAD.084.023, BROAD.084.024, BROAD.084.025, BROAD.084.026, BROAD.084.027, BROAD.084.028, BROAD.084.029, BROAD.084.030

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 169 Historic Preservation for a Living City, pp. 158-162

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Create Date

January 7, 2016

Updated By

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Update Date

February 17, 2023