City Directories and History: TRENHOLM-SMALL HOUSE
Constructed circa 1863-71
“George A. Trenholm, wealthy Charleston blockade runner and secretary of the treasury of the Confederacy, probably built this two-and-a-half-story wood dwelling in the late-1860s. The house displays a mix of Italianate and Greek Revival style elements. A columned piazza with an arcade formed by jigsaw-cut trim stands on the front elevation of the three-bay facade, which features a closed gable roof with Italianate brackets and a central Venetian (Palladian) window. Trenholm sold this house in the early-1870s to Jacob Small, who also purchased 11 Bull Street. Helena Kessler Eggers constructed the two-and-a-half-story dwelling at 11 Bull Street by 1876. The building has a deep entablature, with Italianate style brackets, that serves as the base for a Second Empire style mansard roof. A double-tiered bay further ornaments the front facade. The west-facing piazzas were enclosed in the early-twentieth century, when the upper sashes of the windows were re-placed and other alterations were made.”
Information from: The Buildings of Charleston – J.H. Poston – Author, for the Historic Charleston Foundation, 1997
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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