Lowndes Grove
Historic Property
Alternate Name:
Unknown
Street Address:
266 Saint Margaret St, Charleston, SC (Charleston County)
Site Number:
0073.00
Control Number:
U/19/0073.00
Tax Number:
4631304030
Date Surveyed:
June 23 2003
Category:
Building
Construction Date:
circa 1789
Alteration Date:
circa 1900
Historic Use:
Residential/Domestic
Current Use:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Core Shape:
Rectangular
Architect or Builder:
Hall, George Abbot
Number of Stories:
1.5
Construction Method:
frame
Exterior Walls Materials:
Beaded Weatherboard
Foundation Materials:
Raised Basement
Roof Shape:
hip
Roof Materials:
tile
Porch Width:
full façade
Porch Shape:
engaged
National Register Determination:
listed;
Signficant Architectural Features:
This Federal style house has brick chimneys on the east and west facades; hipped dormers on sides with 6/6 windows. The central projecting porch has a pediment with round window; modillions and dentils along eaves. Keeping with the style, the house also has a Palladian front door surround with fanlight and sidelights; French doors on the south façade; 9/9 windows on sides. The porch basement is glassed with gothic, Tudor, and round arch openings.
Alterations:
Front piazza replaced/added (c. 1830); hipped north side addition (c. 1830); Basement glassed (c. 1900); tile roof added (c. 1920)
Historical Information:
Built by George Abbot Hall after acquiring "Grove" plantation destroyed in Revolutionary War. In 1803, the plantation was purchased by William Lowndes, member of SC house of Representatives and 1810-1822 US Congressman. Later owner Capt. F.W. Wagener, president of the South Carolina Interstate and West Indian Exposition, used as the house as Women's Building during the exposition (1901-1902). In the 1920's, the house was owned by James Sottile, Jr., who helped develop the surrounding Wagener Terrace neighborhood.
Source of Historical Information:
Lowndes Grove NRHP nomination
Quadrangle Name:
Charleston