13 East Battery (William Ravenel House)

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Historic Charleston Foundation

13 East Battery

13 East Battery

Name/Title

13 East Battery (William Ravenel House)

Entry/Object ID

EBATTERY.013.1

Scope and Content

Constructed ca. 1845. A 2-story portico with Tower of the Winds Corinthian columns came down in the earthquake of 1886, leaving the front of this large house with an arcaded stucco base and a simple pedimented gable. The original builder, William Ravenel, owner of one of Charleston's major steamship lines and brother of John Ravenel of 5 East Battery, completed this house by the mid-1840s. Held until the 1930s by the Ravenel family, who also owned Farmfield Plantation west of the Ashley River, the townhouse has only been occupied by only 2 other families. An exceptionally large drawing room extends across the front of the building. The significant complex of rear dependencies survives. File contains newspaper articles. 1978 News and Courier (missing columns) and 2026 Post and Courier (columns being replaced). Two Facebook posts by local photographers (Ken Bowman and Brandon Coffey) documenting the replacement of the columns, both from the beginning of June 2026. Excerpts from "60 Famous Houses" and "62 Famous Houses" on Media link. The pictures of D. Lopez signature on original timbers are from the Moby Marks renovation. HCF staff toured the home in the beginning stages of the refurbishment and took some photos.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

EBATTERY.013.

Source or Donor

13 East Battery (William Ravenel House)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

East Battery, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Property File

Archive Details

Archive Size/Extent

1 File Folder

Archive Notes

Finding Aids: Index to Property Files Level of Description: Folder

Location

Location

Shelf

Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Location

Container

PF Box 32

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Location

Container

2

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

2011.015.11, EBATTERY.013.2, EBATTERY.013.3

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 220

General Notes

Note

Notes: Photo #2 in this record from University of South Carolina Digital Collections: http://digital.tcl.sc.edu/utils/ajaxhelper/?CISOROOT=scook&CISOPTR=241&action=2&DMSCALE=30&DMWIDTH=512&DMHEIGHT=512&DMX=0&DMY=0&DMTEXT&DMROTATE=0

Created By

[email protected]

Create Date

June 28, 2007

Updated By

[email protected]

Update Date

June 10, 2026