39 East Bay Street (George Chisolm House)

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Historic Charleston Foundation

39 East Battery

39 East Battery

Name/Title

39 East Bay Street (George Chisolm House)

Entry/Object ID

EBAY.039.1

Scope and Content

Constructed ca. 1810; various 20th century renovations. Built by George Chisolm on the footage of 2 Grand Modell lots, this structure, including the former kitchen dependency, follows the bend in the peninsula and thus allows harbor views from every window. The Federal style wooden dwelling in an L-shape presents a two-story, five-bay front facade with a pediment and lunette window projecting from the hip roof. A street doorway formerly accessed the northeast room from East Bay Street. The double-tiered side piazzas follow the shape of the building and provide access to the principal entry architrave with its elliptical fanlight. The Frost family, who acquired the property in 1877, eventually purchased the lot to the south, demolishing an early 19th-century single house to provide a site for formal and informal gardens designed by landscape architect Loutrel Briggs in the 1930s. (Poston, Buildings of Charleston.) File contains FOHG house histories (1966, undated) and garden history (1978); garden history (1978) for SCHS tour; newspaper articles (including 1961 DYKYC); information sheet (with photo) for rental of the "coach house" at 39 East Battery (Lorna Colbert, owner); correspondence and legal documents related to the division of the property and HCF's opposition. Previously known as 39 East Battery.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

EBAY.039.

Source or Donor

39 East Bay Street (George Chisolm House)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

East Battery, Loutrel Briggs garden, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Historic gardens--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

PF Box 33

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

EBAY.039.2, EBAY.039.3, EBAY.039.4a-c Related Units of Description: See also HALS/Loutrel Briggs Garden Survey (2007.016.1).

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 90-91

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

July 2, 2007

Updated By

admin@catalogit.app

Update Date

February 16, 2023