181 Ashley Avenue (St. Luke's Chapel)

Archive

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Historic Charleston Foundation

St. Luke's Chapel

St. Luke's Chapel

Name/Title

181 Ashley Avenue (St. Luke's Chapel)

Entry/Object ID

ASHLEY.181.001

Scope and Content

Constructed between 1825-1830. The original use of the building was as an arsenal by the Federal government, which continued in operation until the beginning of the Civil War, after which it was taken over by the Confederacy. With the fall of Charleston, the building reverted to Federal forces. Its history from 1879 onward is connected to the educational and benevolent actions led by Dr. Anthony Toomer Porter to educate and protect children orphaned by the War. Formerly known as St. Timothy's. (Poston, Buildings of Charleston.) Folder 1 contains National Register Registration Form for Porter Military Academy [complex] (1996); correspondence related to HCF's involvement getting St. Luke's Chapel listed on the National Register; history of St. Luke's Chapel (Borchert, 1994); newspaper articles; draft of text for MUSC display regarding the restoration of the stained glass (Raguin, 1994); rededication program (Feb. 1994); article from "Auctus" re: rededication of St. Luke's Chapel (spring/summer 1994); brochure "The Chancel Window;" application for Carolopolis Award for the exterior restoration (1994). Folder 2 contains a history of St. Luke's by Raguin Associates (11/28/1993) that includes photocopies of photographs of the stained glass at St. Luke's; excerpts from "Great Glass in American Architecture" by H. Weber Wilson; excerpt from "The Art Worker: A Journal of Design" (Sept. 1878); excerpts from "The History of a Work of Faith and Love in Charleston, South Carolina...Institution Founded by the Rev. A. Toomer Porter"; excerpts from "Led On! Step by Step...An Autobiography by A. Toomer Porter; newspaper articles re: Rev. A. Toomer Porter, Porter's obituary, Porter Academy, and St. Luke's Chapel and its restoration, DYKYC); excerpts from "The Official Roster of SC soldiers, Sailors and Marines in the World War, 1917-18"; excerpts from City of Charleston Yearbooks (1917, 1918, 1919); excerpts from "National Cyclopaedia of American Biography," "Dictionary of American Biography, "Biographical Dictionary of the Confederacy," and "Who Was Who in America" regarding George Alfred Trenholm.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

ASHLEY.181.

Source or Donor

181 Ashley Avenue (St. Luke's Chapel)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

Ashley Avenue, Radcliffeborough and Cannonborough, St. Luke's Chapel (Charleston, S.C.), Porter Military Academy (Charleston, S.C.)--Buildings, Chapels--South Carolina--Charleston

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Property File

Archive Details

Archive Size/Extent

2 File Folders

Archive Notes

Associated Material: Waring Historical Library exhibit (see Media tab) 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

2004.020.125, 2006.007.29, 2009.013.28, 2015.012.1, 2018.005.36a-b, ASHLEY.167.001, ASHLEY.167.002, ASHLEY.167.003, ASHLEY.167.004a-r, ASHLEY.167.005a-d, ASHLEY.167.006a-j, ASHLEY.167.007, ASHLEY.167.008, ASHLEY.167.009a-d, ASHLEY.167.010, ASHLEY.175.001, ASHLEY.181.002a-g, ASHLEY.181.003a-f, ASHLEY.181.004, ASHLEY.181.005 Related Units of Description: See also "Porter Military Academy" document box, Preservation Topics shelves.

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), p. 621.

Created By

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Create Date

August 10, 2005

Updated By

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Update Date

February 17, 2023