3 Limehouse Street / 5 Limehouse Street (S.J.L. Matthews Houses)

Archive

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Historic Charleston Foundation

3 Limehouse Street (2005): Origsize: 3x4; Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 150 dpi
3 Limehouse Street (2005)

Origsize: 3x4; Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 150 dpi

Name/Title

3 Limehouse Street / 5 Limehouse Street (S.J.L. Matthews Houses)

Entry/Object ID

LIMEHOUSE.003-5.1

Scope and Content

Constructed 1885; W.F. Carter, builder. These are two of five houses S.J.L. Matthews contracted with W.F. Carter, a builder from Savannah, to build in 1885. Carter had come to Charleston as the contractor for the New Brighton Hotel on Sullivan's Island and remained in the city. The other three houses are 155, 157 and 159 Tradd Street. All are 2½ stories of wood and have distinctive piazza entrance hoods. (City of Charleston Tour Guide Training Manual.) S.J.L. Matthews resided at 3 Limehouse Street. File contains brief history of the houses from the City of Charleston Tour Guide Training Manual (2011); photographic documentation sheets* by Preservation Consultants filed in support of a 2005 BAR application (approval status unknown). *Five photographs: Streetscape of Limehouse Street, looking north, showing 7 Limehouse, 5 Limehouse, 3 Limehouse. Streetscape of Limehouse, looking south, showing 3 Limehouse, 5 Limehouse, 7 Limehouse, and 9 Limehouse. Southeast elevation, 3 Limehouse Street. Detail of second floor piazza, 3 Limehouse Street. Detail of second floor windows, 3 Limehouse Street.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

LIMEHOUSE.003-5

Source or Donor

3 Limehouse Street / 5 Limehouse Street (S.J.L. Williams Houses)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

Limehouse Street, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Property File

Archive Details

Archive Size/Extent

1 File Folder

Archive Notes

Finding Aids: Index to Property Files Level of Description: Item

Location

Location

Shelf

Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Location

Container

PF Box 64

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

LIMEHOUSE.003-5.2a-b, LIMEHOUSE.003-5.3a-b

General Notes

Note

Notes: Photo documentation sheets removed from Preservation Consultants image files. Originally identified (from Tour Guide Manual) as SJL Williams; corrected by his descendant and confirmed by Karen Emmons from an 1895 City Directory. See email on Media tab.

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

March 18, 2016

Updated By

admin@catalogit.app

Update Date

February 17, 2023