68 Broad Street (Daniel Ravenel House)

Archive

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Historic Charleston Foundation

68 Broad Street

68 Broad Street

Name/Title

68 Broad Street (Daniel Ravenel House)

Entry/Object ID

BROAD.068.001

Scope and Content

Constructed ca. 1800; repaired after 1886 earthquake and after 1989 Hurricane Hugo. This typical Charleston single house, continuously occupied by descendants of the Ravenel/Mazyck families, is the oldest continuing legacy property in the city. Isaac Mazyck, a leading Charleston landowner and Huguenot immigrant, devised the lot to his daughter Charlotte in 1749. A wooden house shown on a mid-18th century plat burned in the fire of 1796, and Daniel Ravenel and his wife, of Wantoot Plantation, built the present house. The line of black-tiled outbuildings including kitchen, washhouse, stable, and slave quarters is visible from Washington Park (part of the original lot was condemned for the public square before 1820). The distinctive brick wall with arched, inset stucco panels follows a style traditional to Charleston. File contains various FOHG house histories; building history from Information for Guides of Historic Charleston; narrative house history from Historical Society Tour (1969) including Daniel Ravenel genealogical information; newspaper articles (including 1968 DYKYC); photocopy of photograph; Rosen and Associates inspection report (1989); photocopies of HABS photographs; house history from 60 Famous Houses; copy of interior description (and photos) from The Charleston Interior.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

BROAD.068.

Source or Donor

68 Broad Street (Daniel Ravenel House)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

Broad Street, Civic Square, 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 11

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

2004.020.019, 2004.021.070, 2004.021.071, 2004.021.072a-b, 2006.007.12, 2006.007.24, 2006.010.302-304, 2007.003.3, 2007.005.1f, 2009.010.1.40, 2013.026.10, 2014.015.12, BROAD.068.002. Related Units of Description: Preservation Consultants files (Part I and/or Part II applications and/or photos and/or miscellaneous documentation), 2011.022.1

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 165.

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

October 31, 2005

Updated By

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Update Date

February 17, 2023