Unknown
Historic Property
Alternate Name:
Unknown
Street Address:
549 Huger St., Charleston, SC (Charleston County)
Site Number:
2354
Control Number:
U/19/2354
Tax Number:
4600204064
Date Surveyed:
March 14 2003
Category:
Building
Construction Date:
circa 1925
Alteration Date:
1950 – circa 1990
Historic Use:
Residential/Domestic
Current Use:
Residential/Domestic
Historic Core Shape:
Rectangular
Number of Stories:
2
Construction Method:
frame
Exterior Walls Materials:
Synthetic Siding
Foundation Materials:
Brick Piers with Fill
Roof Shape:
gambrel
Roof Materials:
raised seam metal
Porch Width:
full façade
Porch Shape:
Hip
National Register Determination:
contributes to listed district;
Signficant Architectural Features:
Exterior brick chimney on street façade with gothic arch caps; full length shed dormers on either side; 1/1 windows; square wood post porch supports; small gabled stoop with wrought iron supports on west side; two French doors onto porch
Alterations:
Addition of aluminum siding; porch screened; lower roof surfaces covered with vinyl
Historical Information:
Harold R. Jacobs bought the lot in 1919, but he and his wife, Pauline R. Jacobs did not build the house immediately. They moved to the house by 1930. They lived in the home for years until they sold the house to J. Everett Spell in 1954. J. Everett Spell was the director of Oak Grove Orphanage. He and his family lived in the house until 1960 when he sold the house to Nancy McL. Lewis. She may have used the house as a rental property, although she may have just shared the house with someone else.
Simon Siegel bought the house by 1961 and lived there with his wife, Joan and their four children. By 1968, retiree Col. Marion S. Lewis and Nancy McL. Lewis lived in the house. Mrs. Lewis died in 1993 and her daughters rented the house out. In January 1997, Mrs. Lewis' heirs agreed to sell the house to Richard K. Galloway and in December 1998, he received the title to the house.
Source of Historical Information:
Kevin Eberle, Hampton Park Terrace historian
Quadrangle Name:
Charleston