City Directories and History: MATTHIAS WOLFE HOUSE
Constructed 1790-1800; rehabilitated 1980s
“A well-to-do butcher built this three-story, stuccoed brick single house with a hipped, pantile roof in the late-eighteenth century. The structure retains its original form with some intact window sash and shutters, and the interior still features its late-Georgian style staircase and several mantels. For several decades this building has provided a site for Fielding’s Home for Funerals, formerly located at the corner of Logan and Short Streets, and it has been restored by that company.”
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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