Name/Title
150-156 Ashley AvenueEntry/Object ID
2016.006.42Description
B&W photograph (scan) of three houses, probably on Ashley Avenue (150 Ashley, 154 Ashley, and 156 Ashley). If correct, these houses were demolished ca. 1948 to make way for the construction of the nursing college at St. Francis Xavier.Context
The addresses for these houses are based on a "best guess" since there's no history on these houses in HCF's Archives. The evidence for the identification is found in Sanborn Maps and newspaper articles. The 1902 Sanborn Map shows three neighboring houses at 150, 154, and 156 Ashley Avenue. (152 Ashley appears to be a narrow lot between 150 and 154.) The houses at 154 and 156 Ashley are gone by the 1944 Sanborn Maps is published so they were razed sometime after 1902 and before 1944. St. Francis, leaving the lone 150 Ashley Avenue on the property (148 Ashley had been razed earlier). St. Francis Xavier Infirmary had purchased the property to enlarge the site on which a new nurse's home would be erected. Soon the News & Courier reported that 150 Ashley would be razed, and then advertisements for salvage materials on the site began to appear. Construction on the new six-story building began in early 1949 and was completed by the time 1951 Sanborn Map was published which shows St. Francis Xavier's School and Home for Nurses on the site. (News & Courier and Evening Post advertisements and public notices accessed via the database "America's News-Historical and Current"-Charleston County Public Library website; Sanborn Maps accessed via the database "Fire Insurance Maps Online"-Charleston County Public Library website.)Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property RecordsAcquisition
Accession
2016.006Source or Donor
Eberle, KevinAcquisition Method
OtherCredit Line
Courtesy of Kevin EberleLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Streets, Lost Architecture, Ashley Avenue, Demolished buildings, lost buildings, Dwellings--South Carolina--Charleston, Streets--South Carolina--Charleston, Lost architecture--South Carolina--CharlestonLocation
Category
PermanentDate
February 7, 2023Provenance
Notes
Photograph provided to Kevin Eberle in November 2016 by descendant of the Rabb family. Sent to HCF via email on 11/17/2016.Copyright
Copyright Details
Permission to use photograph given by family member; see 2016.006.41.General Notes
Note Type
Cataloging NoteNote
Kevin Eberle provided the probable identification of the buildings.Created By
admin@catalogit.appCreate Date
November 30, 2016Updated By
sferguson@historiccharleston.orgUpdate Date
September 26, 2023