The Dr. William Snowden House was used as a hospital operated by its owner, Dr. William Snowden, and Dr. S nowden's wife, Amarynthia Yates Snowden. [1] When bombardment of the city forced the Snowdens to evacuate to Columbia, South Carolina, the family's silver was buried in the yard; it was not unearthed until the 1920s when a box of the silver was found during landscaping work. [1] After the Civil War, meetings were held in the house that led to the formation of the Confederate Home and College. [1] The house was itself mortgaged to fund the creation of the institution, which existed to care for wives and daughters of Confederate soldiers. [1]
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- ^ a b c d "Do You Know Your Charleston?". News and Courier. May 10, 1937. p. 10. Retrieved April 2, 2016.