Photo, Print, Drawing Jackson Street Cottages, 193-199 Jackson Street, Charleston, Charleston County, SC Drawings from Survey HABS SC-479

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About this Item

Title
Jackson Street Cottages, 193-199 Jackson Street, Charleston, Charleston County, SC
Contributor Names
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Tobin, Catherine
Tobin, George W
Tobin, Richard Thomas, Sr
Rosen, Nathan
Middle Street Partners, LLC
Leeds, Jennifer, project manager
Olson, Meghan, project manager
Baehr, Jennifer, field team
Cantrell, Jesse, field team
Cline, Cassie, field team
Darnell, Caroline, field team
Franco, Alena, field team
Freels, Rachael, field team
Freeman, Kirsten, field team
Granger, Morgan, field team
Johnson, Clayton, field team
Mattern, Kymberly, field team
Walker, Benjamin, field team
Leifeste, Amalia, faculty sponsor
Created / Published
Documentation compiled after 1933
Subject Headings
-  domestic life
-  houses
-  cottages
-  mortise & tenon joints
-  wood structural frames
-  brick foundations
-  clapboard siding
-  South Carolina -- Charleston County -- Charleston
Latitude / Longitude
32.799111,-79.941542
Notes
-  2017 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry
-  Significance: The Jackson Street cottages were built during the 1890s as affordable housing to accommodate low-income, working class families during a period of urban expansion and development in Charleston. Despite their deterioration, the cottages retain much of their original historic fabric and setting. Additionally, the houses are a rare surviving examples of an intact row of Charleston Single Cottages. Many of the Charleston Single Cottages have been demolished; those that do remain are typically individual and no longer comprise a row. The cottages are sometimes referred to by the term "Freedmen's Cottage" because it was believed that they were originally home to emancipated slaves during the late-nineteenth century. Research does not support this, however, and instead has shown that the first tenants of the Jackson Street Cottages were white. Throughout their history, the Cottages were occupied by both white and African American families living next door to one another, conveying a racially diverse history despite racial discrimination and segregation until the mid-twentieth century. This diverse history shows that the dwellings were a response to housing needs on the peninsula, with class being a greater determinant for where one lived than race. This makes the cottages important to the history of residential development and urban expansion on the peninsula during the late-nineteenth century. The cottages timber brace frame construction using mortise and tenon joinery sets them apart from other buildings and structures of the period as this method of construction became outdated due to the advent of industrialization prior to the date when the cottages were built. In addition, their street-facing gable ends and side piazzas with street entrances are characteristics derived from the Charleston Single House which distinguishes them as examples of South Carolina Lowcountry vernacular architecture.
-  Survey number: HABS SC-479
-  Building/structure dates: ca. 1890 Initial Construction
Medium
Measured Drawing(s): 11
Data Page(s): 5
Call Number/Physical Location
HABS SC-479
Source Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Repository
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Control Number
sc1219
Rights Advisory
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
Language
English
Online Format
image
pdf
Description
Measured Drawing(s): 11 | Data Page(s): 5

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Historic American Buildings Survey, Creator, Catherine Tobin, George W Tobin, Richard Thomas Tobin, Nathan Rosen, Middle Street Partners, Llc, Jennifer Leeds, et al. Jackson Street Cottages, 193-199 Jackson Street, Charleston, Charleston County, SC. Charleston Charleston County South Carolina, 1933. Documentation Compiled After. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/sc1219/.

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Historic American Buildings Survey, C., Tobin, C., Tobin, G. W., Tobin, R. T., Rosen, N., Middle Street Partners, Llc [...] Leifeste, A. (1933) Jackson Street Cottages, 193-199 Jackson Street, Charleston, Charleston County, SC. Charleston Charleston County South Carolina, 1933. Documentation Compiled After. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/sc1219/.

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Historic American Buildings Survey, Creator, et al. Jackson Street Cottages, 193-199 Jackson Street, Charleston, Charleston County, SC. Documentation Compiled After. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/sc1219/>.

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