Ashley River Historic District

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Historic Charleston Foundation

Ashley River: Copyright: From Nat'l Registration Nomination Form (website); Origformat: Digital Image
Ashley River

Copyright: From Nat'l Registration Nomination Form (website); Origformat: Digital Image

Name/Title

Ashley River Historic District

Entry/Object ID

PLANTATIONS.005a

Scope and Content

The Ashley River Historic District is a diverse collection of fifty-one historic, archaeological, and cultural properties including and associated with an approximately thirteen mile section of the Ashley River in Charleston and Dorchester Counties. The district includes houses, slave cabins, and other associated outbuildings, several of them preserved and open to the public; agricultural properties such as ricefields and a rice mill; landscape features such as gardens and a nursery; a collection of archaeological sites spanning the seventeenth through early twentieth centuries; transportation related properties such as a road and railroad trestle; and military properties such as fortifications. Several plantations are also included in the district (Drayton Hall and Middleton Place), as well as a schoolhouse and several underwater maritime sites. Architectural styles within the district include Colonial Revival, Georgian, Craftsman and Jacobean. The Ashley River itself is also listed in the nomination for its historic and cultural significance as a focal point for early settlement in the area, as a transportation route, and for its influence on life in South Carolina since 1670. Known as the Kiawah River by Native Americans, the river was named by the English for Lord Anthony Ashley Cooper. The Ashley River is only thirty miles long from its headwaters in Dorchester County to its mouth in Charleston Harbor. Listed in the National Register September 12, 1994. (Source: National Register website.) Efforts are underway to expand the Ashley River Historic District, sparked by a developer's attempt to rezone the area to construct a housing development. HCF is involved with the expansion effort. Collection consists of a variety of materials including research materials, reports, documentation of of the Ashley River Historic District Preservation Coalition, archaeological reports, and materials related to the Lord Ashley Site. See Container List for details.

Collection

Ashley River Historic District

Acquisition

Accession

PLANTATIONS.

Source or Donor

Miscellaneous Plantation Files

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

National Register of Historic Places, Ashley River Historic District / Ashley River Corridor, Ashley River Region (S.C.), Historic preservation--South Carolina--Ashley River Region, Historic sites--South Carolina--Ashley River Region, Plantations--South Carolina--Ashley River Region, Land use--South Carolina--Ashley River Region, Ashley River (S.C.), Excavations (Archaeology)--South Carolina--Ashley River Region, Ashley River Region (S.C.)--Antiquities, Excavations (Archaeology)--South Carolina--Dorchester County, Dorchester (S.C.)--Antiquities

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Collection

Archive Details

Archive Size/Extent

Two document boxes, __ file folders

Archive Items Details

Title

Miscellaneous Information and Documentation

Description

Contains documentation of the Donnelley Foundation grant to support the Ashley River Corridor Planning Project; National Register Nomination Form (1994) and related maps of the district (see Media Link for more information); articles; report "Using GIS to Reevaluate the Ashley River Historic District" by Brockington & Associates* (March 2009); brochure with maps of The Ashley River Conservation and Recreation District; report "1995 11 Most Endangered Nomination Form for The Ashley River Historic District"; "The Ashley River Historic Corridor Resource Manual: A Community Planning Initiative for 'Whole Place Preservation.'" *See folder 1B for GIS files.

Container

Folder 01A

Notes

Container: ARHD Box 1

Title

Ashley River Historic District Preservation Coalition

Description

Contains meeting minutes, "Ashley River Preservation Initiative Proposal," application to River Trails and Conservation Assistant Program entitled "Can a Balance be Found? Planning for Growth and Preservation in the Ashley River Historic District" (8/2/1997); and a minimal amount of correspondence.

Container

Folder 02

Notes

Container: ARHD Box 1

Title

Conservation Easements: The Ashley River Conservation District

Description

Report by Hartzog, Lader & Richards (1977). Object ID#2007.002.0095.

Date(s) of Creation

1977

Container

Folder 03

Search Terms

Nature conservation--Law and legislation--South Carolina, Conservation easements--South Carolina, Historic sites--Law and legislation--South Carolina, Ashley River (S.C.), Ashley River Region (S.C.)

Notes

Container: ARHD Box 1

Title

61 Corridor Growth Management Plan

Description

Report on the joint planning efforts of the City of Charleston, Charleston County, and Dorchester County to provide a guide for local government officials in the protection of Ashley River Road and the scenic, environmental, and historic significance of the entire area. Parameters of the study extend to the edge of the Ashley River on the east, Highway 17 and Rantowles Creek on the west, bound by Highway 7 to the south and Highway 165 to the north. Includes objectives, policies and recommendations, background, study area description and implications for planning (infrastructure, land use, transportation, scenic character, and environment). Several maps are included. Adopted in 1986 by Charleston City Council and Charleston County Council. Adopted in 1987 by Dorchester County Council. Object ID# 2009.002.108.

Date(s) of Creation

1986

Container

Folder 04

Search Terms

Regional planning--South Carolina--Charleston County, Regional planning--South Carolina--Dorchester County, Ashley River Road (Charleston, S.C.), Ashley River Region (S.C.)

Notes

Container: ARHD Box 1

Title

61 Corridor Study Area: A Development Standards Guidebook

Description

Provides three governmental entitles and their citizens with land planning, site design, and regulatory guidelines for managing quality development and redevelopment along or proximate to Ashley River Road. By John Rehenkamp Consultants (1985). Object ID# 2012.002.095.

Date(s) of Creation

1985

Container

Folder 05

Search Terms

Regional planning--South Carolina--Charleston County, Regional planning--South Carolina--Dorchester County, Ashley River Road (Charleston, S.C.), Ashley River Region (S.C.)

Notes

Container: ARHD Box 1

Title

Lord Ashley Site: Archaeology

Description

Contains background information and secondary sources for the 2009 and 2013 archaeological digs; report "Archaeological Investigations at 38DR83A St. Giles Kussoe House/Lord Ashley Settlement" (Brockington, 2010). Object ID# 2011.007.2 (report).

Date(s) of Creation

2009 - 2013

Container

Folder 07

Search Terms

Excavations (Archaeology)--South Carolina--Ashley River Region, Excavations (Archaeology)--South Carolina--Dorchester County, Ashley River Region (S.C.)--Antiquities, Dorchester (S.C.)--Antiquities, Ashley River Region (S.C.)

Notes

Container: ARHD Box 1

Title

Conservation in the Ashley River Historic District

Description

Focusing on the political process of conservation in the Upper Ashley River district, this thesis discusses the most effective approach for conserving a large rural area, how to gain broad-based consensus and support, and why it has taken so long for the conservation movement in the district to gain momentum. Master's Thesis by Winslow Hastie, 1999. Object ID# 2015.002.018.

Container

Folder 06

Search Terms

Historic districts--Conservation and restoration--South Carolina--Charleston County, Ashley River Region (S.C.)

Notes

Container: ARHD Box 1

Title

Lord Ashley Site: Transcriptions of Primary Source Materials

Description

Transcriptions of documents related to the Earl of Shaftesbury. Contains "Joint Accounts of the Earl and Percival, and the Earl and Charles Woodward" and the 1684 notes of Thomas Stringer concerning the settlement of the Earl's estate.

Container

Folder 10

Notes

Container: ARHD Box 2

Title

Lord Ashley Site: Secondary Sources

Description

Excerpts from publications: "The Ashley Barony" and "The Spaniards and the English Settlement in Charles Town" (South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine); portion of dissertation "Carolina, 1663-1683: The Founding of a Propietary" (Daniel W. Fagg, Jr., 1970).

Container

Folder 11

Notes

Container: ARHD Box 2

Title

Lord Ashley Site: Archaeology

Description

Archaeological report "Synthesis of the 2011 and 2013 Field Seasons at the Lord Ashley Settlement, Summerville, South Carolina" by Andrew Agha (2016). Object ID# 2016.002.024).

Date(s) of Creation

2009 - 2013

Container

Folder 08

Search Terms

Excavations (Archaeology)--South Carolina--Ashley River Region, Excavations (Archaeology)--South Carolina--Dorchester County, Ashley River Region (S.C.)--Antiquities, Dorchester (S.C.)--Antiquities, Ashley River Region (S.C.)

Notes

Container: ARHD Box 2

Title

Lord Ashley Site: Archaeology

Description

Archaeological report "St. Giles Kussoe and 'The Character of a Loyal States-man': Historical Archaeology at Lord Anthony Ashley Cooper's Carolina Plantation" by Andrew Agha (2016). Object ID# 2012.002.090).

Date(s) of Creation

2009 - 2013

Container

Folder 09

Search Terms

Excavations (Archaeology)--South Carolina--Ashley River Region, Excavations (Archaeology)--South Carolina--Dorchester County, Ashley River Region (S.C.)--Antiquities, Dorchester (S.C.)--Antiquities, Ashley River Region (S.C.)

Notes

Container: ARHD Box 2

Title

Miscellaneous Information and Documentation: GIS Files

Description

GIS files used for investigating the site. See also report "Using GIS to Reevaluate the Ashley River Historic District" by Brockington & Associates in folder 1A (March 2009). File also includes email correspondence regarding the transfer of the files to HCF. Also attached to catalog record and saved on external hard drive #1.

Creator

Brockington & Associates

Container

Folder 01B

Notes

Container: ARHD Box 1

Location

Location

Container

ARHD Document Box

Shelf

Plantations Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

2006.002.0157, 2007.002.0095, 2011.007.2, 2012.002.088, 2012.002.089, 2012.002.090, 2015.002.029, 2015.002.030, 2015.002.031, 2016.002.024, 2021.001.2, PLANTATIONS.005b

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

June 4, 2009

Updated By

admin@catalogit.app

Update Date

February 17, 2023