City Directories and History: WILLIAM HOLMES HOUSE
Constructed circa 1809; restored mid-twentieth century
“Prior to the building of the present house, this and the two parcels to the north were occupied by tenements built by Edward Fenwick, of Fenwick Hall Plantation. The adjacent tenements burned before 1785, leaving only the kitchen houses. This large single house was erected by 1809. The typical three-and-a-half-story Charleston single house, ornamented with stucco quoining and elaborate belt courses as well as a projecting pediment on the south side, still has an early- Neoclassical piazza door screen with a rectangular fanlight. As Holmes lived elsewhere, the 1809 directory lists James Ancrum as the resident on this property.”
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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