City Directories and History: THOMAS HEYWARD HOUSE
Constructed circa 1803
“The deed transferring the “message and the buildings thereon” from Nathaniel Heyward and his wife Henrietta to his half brother
Thomas Heyward, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, suggests that this large brick single house was complete by 1803. This dwelling is
distinguished by oversized interior proportions. The facade exhibits remnants of nineteenth-century ironwork of exclusionary nature commonly called a chevaux-de-frise. The most prominent example of this type of ironwork is at the Miles Brewton House (27 King Street). This property retains original arcaded piazzas and early kitchen and slave quarters buildings. Neoclassicism was an aesthetic of classical detailing and attenuated proportions. 18 Meeting Street typifies these qualities in its brickwork with quoining and other fine detailing, its classical door architrave, and its exterior proportions.”
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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