Josiah Smith Tennent House | |
Location | 727 East Bay St., Charleston, South Carolina |
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Coordinates | 32°47′55″N 79°56′6″W / 32.79861°N 79.93500°W |
Area | 0.25 acres (0.10 ha) |
Built | 1859 |
Architectural style | Greek Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 79002377 [1] |
The Josiah Smith Tennent House is a historic house in Charleston, South Carolina. [2] [3] The house was built by Josiah Smith Tennent in 1859 and placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [1]
In 1993, the city gave the property known as the Josiah Smith Tennent House to nonprofit Elpis Inc. At the time, the house was little more than a shell, and the nonprofit intended to restore the building as a community center. A restoration followed, aided by the community development grants from the city, private donations estimated in the millions, and a $1.73 million mortgage that Elpis took out on the building in 2003. The restoration received a South Carolina Historic Preservation Award in 2004. [4]
Elpis outfitted part of the building as a dental clinic, helped established a day care center there, and housed other nonprofit groups in the building. In March 2008, it was announced that Charleston would spend $1.4 million to buy the house when a nonprofit that received more than $1 million in municipal grants toward renovating the building as a community center defaulted on its mortgage. [5]
The small front yard of the building became the Philip Simmons Children's Garden, honoring the master blacksmith. [6]
Josiah Smith Tennent House | |
Location | 727 East Bay St., Charleston, South Carolina |
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Coordinates | 32°47′55″N 79°56′6″W / 32.79861°N 79.93500°W |
Area | 0.25 acres (0.10 ha) |
Built | 1859 |
Architectural style | Greek Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 79002377 [1] |
The Josiah Smith Tennent House is a historic house in Charleston, South Carolina. [2] [3] The house was built by Josiah Smith Tennent in 1859 and placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [1]
In 1993, the city gave the property known as the Josiah Smith Tennent House to nonprofit Elpis Inc. At the time, the house was little more than a shell, and the nonprofit intended to restore the building as a community center. A restoration followed, aided by the community development grants from the city, private donations estimated in the millions, and a $1.73 million mortgage that Elpis took out on the building in 2003. The restoration received a South Carolina Historic Preservation Award in 2004. [4]
Elpis outfitted part of the building as a dental clinic, helped established a day care center there, and housed other nonprofit groups in the building. In March 2008, it was announced that Charleston would spend $1.4 million to buy the house when a nonprofit that received more than $1 million in municipal grants toward renovating the building as a community center defaulted on its mortgage. [5]
The small front yard of the building became the Philip Simmons Children's Garden, honoring the master blacksmith. [6]