City Directories and History: WILLIAM B. SMITH HOUSE AND
A. E. CARADUC HOUSE
Constructed circa 1875-79; 156 altered circa 1905; 158 rehabilitated 1980s
“A large antebellum house on this double lot burned in the fire of 1861. In the mid- 1870s William B. Smith subdivided the property into two lots, apparently building an elaborate side-hall, double-parlor-plan dwelling on the eastern half, while a purchaser of 138 Broad Street constructed a two-and-a-half-story side-hall, double-parlor-plan house with a Second Empire mansard roof and double-tiered front piazzas. Henry and Sarah I’On Lowndes purchased 136 Broad Street chased 136 Broad Street in 1881 and eventually sold it to A. T. Litschgi, who added various Georgian Revival details with the help of the architect-contractor Henry T. Zacharias. These include the door architrave with engaged Corinthian columns and semicircular transom and the pedimented screen on the piazza.”
Information from: The Buildings of Charleston – J.H. Poston for the Historic Charleston Foundation, 1997
Other sources: Charleston Tax Payers of Charleston, SC in 1860-61, Dwelling Houses of Charleston by Alice R.H. Smith – 1917, Charleston 1861 Census Schedule, and a 1872 Bird’s Eye View of Charleston, S.C. The Hist. Charleston Foundation may also have additional data at: Past Perfect
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