Name/Title
40 Rutledge Avenue (Albert W. Todd House)Entry/Object ID
RUTLEDGE.040.1Scope and Content
Constructed ca. 1900; rehabilitated 1986. Charleston's first leading Colonial Revival architect, Albert W. Todd, who also served as a state senator, designed this house as his own residence at the turn of the 20th century. The building's exterior, previously stuccoed, now has beaded cypress weatherboard siding. A semicircular Neoclassical portico with smaller side porches, all with Ionic columns, ornaments the front facade facing Colonial Lake. A massive rectilinear doorway with a square fanlight, flanked by oval windows, marks the primary entry, while on the second story balcony a semicircular fanlight ornaments the surmounting doorway. On the south elevation, a 2-story piazza, also with Ionic columns, overlooks the western end of Queen Street, while a massive entablature with a deep frieze, dentils, and modillions supports the deep soffit of the roof. Todd sold the house five years after construction to Dr. William Frampton and his wife Pauline. Frampton, a woodworking enthusiast, installed a significant amount of wood taken from the demolished Cooper River plantation house Belvedere. In addition to the cornices, mantels, and wainscoting from Belvedere, he added parquet floors to a number of rooms. After purchasing the house in 1938, Mr. and Mrs. G. Simms McDowell made further changes, including the cypress siding and the present cast-iron fence. The house was renovated as a bed-and-breakfast inn in 1986 and was often referred to as The Belvedere.
File contains FOHG house histories (1996, 2007); newspaper articles (including 1980, 1988 DYKYC).Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property RecordsAcquisition
Accession
RUTLEDGE.040.Source or Donor
40 Rutledge Avenue (Albert W. Todd House)Acquisition Method
Collected by StaffLexicon
Search Terms
Rutledge Avenue, Harleston Village, Historic buildings--South Carolina--CharlestonArchive Details
Archive Size/Extent
1 File FolderArchive Notes
Finding Aids: Index to Property Files.
Level of Description: FolderLocation
Location
Shelf
Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentDate
February 7, 2023Location
Container
PF Box 87Shelf
Prop File Shelves, Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Todd, A. W. (Albert W.)Related Publications
Notes
Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 549-550Created By
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October 4, 2011Updated By
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February 17, 2023