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Object Type |
Property File |
Title |
7 Meeting Street (Josiah Smith House) |
Scope & Content |
Constructed ca. 1783; various 20th-century renovations. The structure at 7 Meeting Street stands as one of the few large double houses built in Charleston immediately following the Revolutionary War. With brick infill amid the major framing members, the house is clad with weather-boarding and rests on a brick foundation. Its Georgian facade, demi-lune portico, southern-facing piazzas, and rooftop lantern or cupola all proclaim the wealth of the builder. Although other examples of cupolas on 18th century domestic structures can be found, this feature is typically reserved for public or institutional buildings. Josiah Smith, the descendant of one of Charleston's oldest Congregationalist families, was one of Charleston's wealthiest merchants and bankers. With his partners, he owned substantial properties including 85 East Bay Street and 6 Tradd Street, near the center of their mercantile activities on the Cooper River waterfront. Josiah Smith and his partners were not only important federalists but provided the leadership for the first Chamber of Commerce. (Poston, (Poston, Buildings of Charleston.).) File contains house history from Architectural Guide to Charleston; brief narrative history; FOHG house histories (1968, undated); FOHG garden history (2008); newspaper articles (including DYKYC, 1930 and undated). |
Subjects |
Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston |
Search Terms |
Meeting Street Eighteenth-Century Expansion |
Physical Description |
1 File Folder |
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Object ID # |
MEETING.007.1 |