79 Ashley Avenue (Daniel Fairchild House)

Archive

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Historic Charleston Foundation

Name/Title

79 Ashley Avenue (Daniel Fairchild House)

Entry/Object ID

ASHLEY.079.001

Scope and Content

Constructed ca. 1842. The present dwelling at 79 Ashley Avenue is the second house built by Daniel Fairchild to stand on this lot. A previous dwelling, a three-story weatherboarded single house, was constructed shortly after acquisition of the lot in 1830, and shifted in the 1840s to make way for the present three story stuccoed brick residence. Like the previous house, this one was also built in the single-house style, with red sandstone window lintels and sills, and fine stucco detailing including banded trim surrounding the arched staircase windows, quoins and belt courses. Tradition holds that the body of the house remained as exposed brick until the turn of the century. The house appears to have been built and jointly used by the Fairchilds and the James Hamlin family until 1908. An earlier brick dependency remains. It formerly housed the kitchen and is visible along Wentworth Street. File contains HCF staff research notes; page from Preservation Progress, Jan. 1975, announcing its preservation awards recipients (including 79 Ashley Avenue; and newspaper article, June 8, 19??, "79 Ashley Ave. Blends Early Victorian and Classical Styles." No image on file.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

ASHLEY.079.

Source or Donor

79 Ashley Avenue (Daniel Fairchild House)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

Ashley Avenue, Harleston Village, 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 6

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

2011.015.77, ASHLEY.075.001, ASHLEY.075.002

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 484-485

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

August 10, 2005

Updated By

kemmons

Update Date

June 18, 2019