Name/Title
Hutchinson House (Edisto Island)Entry/Object ID
2015.003.13Tags
Content warningDescription
Photograph of the Hutchinson House on Edisto Island. Corner view of house, showing front facade and porch. Woman stands on front porch.Context
From SCDAH National Register Sites in South Carolina: "The Hutchinson House is the oldest identified house on Edisto Island associated with the black community after the Civil War. It was the residence of Henry Hutchinson, a mulatto who, according to a local tradition, built and operated the first cotton gin owned by a black on the island from ca. 1900 to ca. 1920. Hutchinson was born a slave in 1860, and was the son of James Hutchinson, a mulatto who made notable attempts both as a slave and as a freedman to improve conditions for blacks on Edisto Island. Henry Hutchinson is said to have built the house at the time of his marriage to Rosa Swinton in 1885, and resided here until his death in ca. 1940. The house is a rectangular, one-and-one half story residence featuring a side gable roof with bargeboards and three gabled dormers on the front slope of the roof. The weatherboard clad house rests on a raised, brick pier foundation and has shed and gable-roofed additions at the west and north elevations. The pedimented front porch dates from a later period. Listed in the National Register May 5, 1987."Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property RecordsAcquisition
Accession
2015.003Source or Donor
New Photos Catalog Records (2015)Acquisition Method
Found in CollectionInscription/Signature/Marks
Type
InscriptionLocation
back of photographTranscription
Original house. Please note zigzag trimming around porch and windows.Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Dwellings--South Carolina--Edisto Island, African Americans--Dwellings--South Carolina--Edisto Island, African American womenDimensions
Height
2-7/8 inWidth
4-1/2 inDimension Notes
2.875" x 4.5" print on 3.5" x 4.75" paperLocation
Location
Container
See Notes TabCabinet
Photo File CabinetsRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentDate
February 7, 2023Relationships
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Notes
2015.003.14a-c, 2015.003.15a-j, 2015.003.16a-sCopyright
Copyright Details
Public domain.Created By
admin@catalogit.appCreate Date
December 1, 2015Updated By
sferguson@historiccharleston.orgUpdate Date
September 21, 2023