Florence Crittenton Home
National Register Listing
Street Address:
19 St. Margaret St., Charleston, SC (Charleston County)
NRHP Nomination
Record Number:
S10817710164
Description and Narrative:
The Florence Crittenton Home is significant for its long association with the development of social and child welfare programs in Charleston, and for its statewide leadership in caring for the needs of unmarried mothers and their babies. Since its establishment as the Christlove Mission of the King’s Daughters in 1897, the organization has sheltered women during their pregnancies, provided them with education and employment training, and assisted them to plan for the care of their newborn children. Since 1932 over 10,000 women have stayed in the home on St. Margaret Street. Designed by Charleston architect John D. Newcomer and built between 1924 and 1932, the home is a two and one-half story brick building with a front gable roof, three bay façade, and two lateral wings with hipped roofs. Gabled dormers are set at the slopes of the wings. Two tiered screened porches extend along the east and west sides of the rear section. The attic level is distinguished by an oriel on braces, with three windows and a hipped roof. Similar braces mark the deep eaves. Listed in the National Register September 25, 1997.
Period of Significance:
1924 – 1947
Level of Significance:
State
Area of Significance:
Social History;Architecture;Health/Medicine
National Register Determination:
listed
Date of Certification:
September 25 1997
