Name/Title
61 Ashley Avenue (Richard Peyton House)Entry/Object ID
ASHLEY.061.001Scope and Content
Constructed 1803-07. Richard Peyton, a merchant who kept an office at the Custom House, built this dwelling on a site purchased in 1803 from Thomas Corbett, a Harleston relative. Tradition holds that the house, set far from the street behind a paneled stucco wall and front wooden fence, was intended to be the dependency building for a larger residence which was never completed. Nonetheless, the quality of the existing structure, particularly the surviving Neoclassical woodwork, indicates the building was constructed as a principal residence. A stable and carriage house probably dating 1830-50 stands on the Beaufain Street side. Passing through a series of owners, the house belonged in the 1840s to Robert Martin, owner of 16 Charlotte Street. After being sold in 1879 to the Bruns family, the building underwent substantial renovation with the addition of a double-tiered octagonal front bay and two-over-two windows. A Victorian style parterre probably dates from the mid-nineteenth century and incorporates beds in the shapes of hearts, periwinkles and ovals. (Poston, Buildings of Charleston.)
File contains FOHG house history (2020); research notes (Pemberton, 2020); newspaper article (DYKYC, 1970); realtor's description with color photograph (undated); excerpt from Charleston Gardens describing garden, with illustration.Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property RecordsAcquisition
Accession
ASHLEY.061.Source or Donor
61 Ashley Avenue (Richard Peyton House)Acquisition Method
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Search Terms
Ashley Avenue, Harleston Village, Loutrel Briggs garden, Historic buildings--South Carolina--CharlestonArchive Details
Archive Size/Extent
1 File FolderArchive Notes
Finding Aids: Index to Property Files.
Level of Description: FolderLocation
Location
Shelf
Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentDate
February 7, 2023Location
Container
PF Box 6Shelf
Prop File Shelves, Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
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Notes
Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 483Created By
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August 10, 2005Updated By
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February 17, 2023