Unknown

Historic Property

Street Address:

69 Church Street

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Site card S108042000100417000

Date Surveyed:

circa 1972

Architect or Builder:

William Capers

Number of Stories:

3

Exterior Walls Materials:

Stucco; ; ;

Signficant Architectural Features:

Double house;Ever since its construction, the house has been associated with persons prominent in Charleston and S.C. affairs. William Capers, the builder was the founder of the family which was to give S.C. three Episcopal Bishops, one of which was a distinguished Confederate general. The house again belonged to Jacob Motte, and his outspoken wife Rebecca Brewton Motte, the heroine of Fort Motte. Later the house passed into the hands of James Parsons, a member of the Continental Congress and a distinguished Revolutionary soldier. In more recent years the house was the home of Alice Rutledge Huger Smith, the renowned watercolorist. It is a very large house with a full basement and attic. A three-tiered piazza looks out onto a walled garden. The interior has much Adam embellishment.

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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