Unidentified Early 18th Century House

Photograph

Historic Charleston Foundation

Mystery House with Stepped-Edge Roofline

Origformat: Digital Image

Name/Title

Unidentified Early 18th Century House

Entry/Object ID

2016.006.40

Description

B&W photograph (scan) of an unidentified house with a stepped-edge roofline, which may date the house to early 18th century. Also notable is its width, indicating it may have been a tenement. Earthquake bolts are also evident. Additionally, the relatively narrow street is of Belgian block, seeming to dead end into a cross street.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

2016.006

Source or Donor

Eberle, Kevin

Acquisition Method

Other

Credit Line

Courtesy of Kevin Eberle

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Streets, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Streets--South Carolina--Charleston

Location

Building

Digital File

Date

February 7, 2023

Provenance

Notes

Photograph discovered by Kevin Eberle in July 2016 while doing research at Avery Research Center. From a collection labeled "Admin," marked as "unknown view...poor area of Charleston, Depression era." Sent to HCF via email on 7/5/2016.

Copyright

Copyright Details

Probably may be under copyright; contact Avery Research Center.

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

November 29, 2016

Updated By

sferguson@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

September 26, 2023