Unknown

Historic Property

Street Address:

44-46 Charlotte Street

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Site card S108042000100374000

Date Surveyed:

circa 1972

Construction Date:

circa 1834

Number of Stories:

3 1/2

Exterior Walls Materials:

Clapboard; ; ;

Porch Shape:

Veranda

Signficant Architectural Features:

The house was built by William Henry Houston and is constructed on a full-height brick basement laid in common bond and the 2-tiered piazza, resting on brick piers, has 16 unfluted Doric columns with the top tier trimmed in a delicate dentil cornice. Although the rest of the house is trimmed in plain surface clapboard, the entrance facade is faced in shiplap, giving a softer surface appearance. The dormers at roof level and the side gable windows are large three-part openings and a heavy ribbed cornice surrounds the building. The 1st floor principle rooms have elaborate openwork plaster cornices, strongly molded ceiling medallions and the high baseboards typical of the period.

Survey:

Historic Charleston Foundation Survey 1972

Archives Location:

Box 1, Series 108042, Survey of historic resources (county by county data on surface properties), circa 1971-2014

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