Name/Title
Rutledge Avenue (General)Entry/Object ID
RUTLEDGE.GEN.9Scope and Content
Rutledge Avenue is named for John Rutledge, President and Governor of South Carolina, delegate to the Continental Congress and U.S. Constitutional Convention, Chief Justice of the S.C. Supreme Court and Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. It began as Rutledge Street, one of the original streets of Harleston laid out in 1770, and ran from Beaufain Street to Manigault (now
Calhoun) Street. A causeway across Bennett's Mill Pond continued the street to Calhoun Street. North of Calhoun, in
Cannonborough, the street was known first as Pinckney Street and later as Rutledge Avenue. Rutledge Street was extended south from Beaufain to Broad Street, across the marshes, in
1849. Bennett's Mill Pond was filled between 1880 and 1900, and the causeway was replaced by a real street. The name, Rutledge Avenue, was applied to the entire length. (City of Charleston Tour Guide Training Manual.)
File contains FOHG house history for 15 Rutledge (2006); FOHG house history for 16 Rutledge (2006); historical research reports for 210 Rutledge, 213 Rutledge, 532 Rutledge, 533 Rutledge, 698 Rutledge, and the Kiawah Homes housing complex (Eberle, 2018).Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property RecordsAcquisition
Accession
RUTLEDGE.GEN.Source or Donor
Rutledge Avenue (General)Acquisition Method
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Search Terms
Rutledge Avenue, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Streets--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 86Shelf
Prop File Shelves, Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentCreated By
admin@catalogit.appCreate Date
January 14, 2019Updated By
admin@catalogit.appUpdate Date
February 17, 2023
