Unknown
Historic Property
Alternate Name:
Unknown
Street Address:
340 President St., Charleston, SC (Charleston County)
Site Number:
2464
Control Number:
U/19/2464
Tax Number:
4600204093
Date Surveyed:
March 24 2003
Category:
Building
Construction Date:
circa 1922
Alteration Date:
circa 1960
Historic Use:
Residential/Domestic
Current Use:
Residential/Domestic
Historic Core Shape:
Rectangular
Architect or Builder:
F.J.H. Haesloop (probable builder)
Number of Stories:
2
Construction Method:
frame
Exterior Walls Materials:
Brick Veneer
Foundation Materials:
Brick
Roof Shape:
hip
Roof Materials:
raised seam metal
Porch Width:
full façade
Porch Shape:
hip
National Register Determination:
contributes to listed district;
Signficant Architectural Features:
South side interior brick chimney; wide eaves; 6/4 windows; south side porte-cochere with brick supports extending above roofline; freestanding brick post porch supports extend above porch roofs; brick porch apron wall; tripartite window under porch; corresponding tripartite windows above
Alterations:
Front door replaced
Historical Information:
In May 1919, Amey Allan sold the Lot where 340 President Street lies to Mr. Marion DuBose, the chief dispatcher for the Atlantic Coast Line. Less than a year later, he sold the property to George T. Trescott, a real estate developer and builder. Mr. Trescott most likely built the house before reselling the property to Mr. F. J. H. Haesloop in May 1922. By June of the same year, Mr. Haesloop had resold the property to Edward W. Hughes who used the property as a rental property.
In 1932, Mr. Hugh Ferguson bought the house and continued its use as a rental property. Mr. Ferguson sold the house to Henry Conner and the house continued being used as a rental until it was bought by Mrs. Norma Greenberg in 1945. The Greenbergs owned and lived in the house until 1958 when it was bought by Mrs. Ellen T. Cahill. She kept the house until 1969. John Tobias, Jr. bought the house from Mrs. Cahill. The Tobias family continues to live in the house today (2002).
Source of Historical Information:
Kevin Eberle, Hampton Park Terrace historian
Quadrangle Name:
Charleston