Name/Title
The Dwelling Houses of Charleston, South CarolinaEntry/Object ID
2006.002.0175Description
Donated to Charleston County Public Library (FOL).
The biography of a great city, done in the grand stately manner of the city itself. Includes photographs, maps, and other illustrations. Images of Charleston buildings include the following; see Multimedia Link for specific address, page number, and year of image:
Gov. Thomas Bennett House (house, piazza, hall door, interior doorway, staircase
Daniel Ravenel House, interior room w/ mantel
Thomas Grange Simons House, mantel
George Eveleigh House (house, drawing room, floor plans)
Capers-Motte House (house, streetscape, kitchen building)
Robert Brewton House (drawing)
"Old" St. Philip's Church, 1753 illustration
William Ravenel House before and after 1886 Earthquake
Edmonston-Alston House (drawing)
View of Charlestown 1780 showing the Exchange before alterations
Andrew Moffett House (staircase, library, drawing room, dining room, bedroom)
Nathaniel Heyward House (house, bow of house and kitchen building)
Judge King House (house, 1st and 2nd floor plans, interior window, doorway
Bishop Robert Smith House steps(a/k/a St. Philip's Parsonage)
Col. William Rhett House (house, room with doorways, drawing room mantel
Miles Brewton House (house, steps, lower hall, upper hall, plan of house and grounds, carriage house, arch looking toward kitchen courtyard, servants' house, 1st and 2nd floor floor plans, 1st floor room, drawing room, measured drawing of 1st floor mantel, measured drawing of 1st floor door)
Horry House & Pringle (Miles Brewton) House (plan of house and grounds, corner Meeting & Tradd)
Pineapple Gates House / Simmons-Edwards House (stairs, gate, mantel)
Sass Gate
John Edwards House / George W. Williams House (house, measured drawing of mantel, mantel)
Daniel E. Huger House (house, drawing room)
Nathaniel Russell House (house, staircase, 1st-3rd floor oval room mantels)
Branford-Horry House (house, 2nd floor plan, lower floor, measured drawings of entrance hall and drawing room, mantel)
Joseph Manigault House (house, plan of house and grounds, mantel, doorway)
William Washington House (house, gate)
Robert Pringle House (piazza, entrance, 1st floor mantel)
Col. John Stuart House (entrance, drawing room dooor, drawing room mantel, measured drawing of door and mantel, 1st and 2nd floor floor plans)
Parker House (mantel)
Humphrey Sommers House, measured drawing of mantelCollection
Historic Charleston Foundation LibraryAcquisition
Accession
2006.002.Source or Donor
New Library Catalog Records (2006)Acquisition Method
Found in CollectionLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
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BookNomenclature Sub-Class
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Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Demolished buildings, lost buildings, Architecture, Domestic--South Carolina--Charleston, Charleston (S.C.)--Dwellings, Charleston (S.C.)--Description and travel, Lost architecture, United States Local History
South Carolina
CharlestonLocation
Location
Shelf
BooksRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentDate
February 7, 2023General Notes
Note
Notes: Full title (from t.p.): The dwelling houses of Charleston, South Carolina, by Alice R. Huger Smith and D. E. Huger Smith: with 128 illustrations from drawings by Alice R. Huger Smith, photographs, and architectural drawings by Albert Simons.
Includes index.Created By
admin@catalogit.appCreate Date
July 12, 2006Updated By
kemmonsUpdate Date
December 18, 2018