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Object Type |
Property File |
Title |
39 East Bay Street (George Chisolm House) |
Scope & Content |
Constructed ca. 1810; various 20th century renovations. Built by George Chisolm on the footage of 2 Grand Modell lots, this structure, including the former kitchen dependency, follows the bend in the peninsula and thus allows harbor views from every window. The Federal style wooden dwelling in an L-shape presents a two-story, five-bay front facade with a pediment and lunette window projecting from the hip roof. A street doorway formerly accessed the northeast room from East Bay Street. The double-tiered side piazzas follow the shape of the building and provide access to the principal entry architrave with its elliptical fanlight. The Frost family, who acquired the property in 1877, eventually purchased the lot to the south, demolishing an early 19th-century single house to provide a site for formal and informal gardens designed by landscape architect Loutrel Briggs in the 1930s. (Poston, Buildings of Charleston.) File contains FOHG house histories (1966, undated) and garden history (1978); garden history (1978) for SCHS tour; newspaper articles (including 1961 DYKYC); information sheet (with photo) for rental of the "coach house" at 39 East Battery (Lorna Colbert, owner); correspondence and legal documents related to the division of the property and HCF's opposition. Previously known as 39 East Battery. |
Subjects |
Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston Historic gardens--South Carolina--Charleston |
Search Terms |
East Battery Loutrel Briggs garden |
Physical Description |
1 File Folder |
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Object ID # |
EBAY.039.1 |