City Directories and History: “Thomas R. Waring, cashier of the Bank of the State of South Carolina, built this two and one-half story wooden house, on a brick basement, c. 1853. It remained in his family until 1881. The Italianate style popular in the 1850s was characterized by bracketed cornices, arched openings such as those on the piazza. The entrance portico has wood columns with cast iron capital in the Tower of the Winds version of the Greek Corinthian order. The house has a typical mid-19th century town house plan, with a hall on one side and the main room on the other. The plan is localized by the presence of the piazza on the south side. The interior retains fine woodwork and plasterwork of the period.” Courtesy of the CCPL
*** The 1852 receipt under Mr. Waring’s name reveals a sophisticated financial transaction of stock involving both Waring, Ann H. White of Rock Hill, S.C. and her financier brother, Hiram Hutchison.
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
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