Rental house built in 1894 on the site of a small “shanty” or tenement house. In 1869, F. William Rieppe bought a tract of land extending 137 feet along St. Philip St. north from George St. For most of the 1870s, Rieppe lived at 58 George St., holding other buildings on the property as rentals while he operated a grocery business across the street. Rieppe’s daughter Annie eventually occupied his corner residence with her husband George H. Mehrtens, and in 1894 they modernized the rental buildings. 40 St. Philip was a rental property from its 1894 construction until 1925, when the builders’ son occupied it as his own residence. Courtesy of City of Charleston Department of Planning, Preservation, and Sustainability.Download Original File
