32 South Battery (Col. John Ashe House)

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Historic Charleston Foundation

32 South Battery, 1920: Origsize: 8x10; Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 75 dpi
32 South Battery, 1920

Origsize: 8x10; Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 75 dpi

Name/Title

32 South Battery (Col. John Ashe House)

Entry/Object ID

SBATTERY.032.1

Scope and Content

Constructed ca. 1782; renovated 1930s. A 19th century writer credited the design of this post-revolutionary house to a builder who worked in partnership with the great pre-Revolutionary Charleston housewright John Fullerton. This impressive 3-story masonry house retains its original 18th century cupola. The Tuscan-columned, double-tiered piazza with French doors and the Italianate style balustrades are probably mid-19th century additions. The first floor nine-over-nine windows, the front doorway, and the dormer with an arched window may remain from the original construction of the house. Some Neoclassical woodwork remains on the interior. Many alterations were made to the house in the 1930s. File contains FOHG garden history (2006); house histories from other tours; historical research notes and house history (Harlan Greene, undated); historical research notes (E. Milby Burton, 1946); newspaper articles (including undated DYKYC); Preservation Society award announcement (Preservation Progress, Mar. 1969); realtor brochure (undated); photocopies of 1798 and undated historical plat; realtor booklet with color photographs about the history and restoration of the house (Lisa D. Mann, undated).

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

SBATTERY.032.

Source or Donor

32 South Battery (Col. John Ashe House)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

South Battery, Eighteenth-Century Expansion, 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 96

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

2006.010.445, 2011.015.7 Related Units of Description: Preservation Consultants files (Part I and/or Part II applications and/or photos and/or miscellaneous documentation), 2011.022.1 HABS Documentation of the South Battery, SBATTERY.GEN.1A-B

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 272

Created By

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Create Date

March 23, 2012

Updated By

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Update Date

February 16, 2023