City Directories and History: LOPEZ-MOISE TENEMENTS
Constructed circa 1839; restored 1970 and late-197os,
“David Lopez, a merchant and builder whose Rhode Island-born father owned a store on King Street selling architectural ornamentation, built these dual tenements with his brother-in-law, Isaac Moise, between 1839 and 1841. At nearly the same time Lopez was active in some capacity in the construction of the new Beth Elohim Synagogue on nearby Hasell Street. Lopez sold out his interest, during or just after construction, to Moise, a founder of the Reformed Society of Israel and brother of Penina Moise, a noted antebellum poet and originator of the second Jewish Sunday school in America. Typical of Greek Revival row houses, both units stand two stories on raised basements and follow the side-hall, double-parlor plan.”
Information from: The Buildings of Charleston – J.H. Poston for the Historic Charleston Foundation, 1997
*** David Lopez was the father of builder John H. Lopez, but conducted business separately as a builder – contractor. The S.C. Artisans Database lists one David Lopez as also a “sash and door” manufacturer, age 40 in 1850.
Note that Mr. Lopez was in business with his neighbor, across the street, Mr. Wm. Lebby in the Pelzer Manufacturing Co., of Anderson, S.C. Other Charlestonians had also invested in the mill, including Mayor Courtenay.
Other sources of interest: Charleston Tax Payers of Charleston, SC in 1860-61 and the Dwelling Houses of Charleston by Alice R.H. Smith – 1917 The HCF may also have additional data at: Past Perfect and further research can be uncovered at: Charleston 1861 Census Schedule or The Charleston City Guide of 1872
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