The George Chisolm House is at 39 East Bay Street, Charleston, South Carolina.
Constructed about 1810,
[1] in the
Federal style ,
[2] for George Chisolm (1772-1835),
[3] a
factor ,
[4]
[5] the two-and-one-half story George Chisolm House is the first house to have been built upon the landfill project that formed Charleston, South Carolina's
Battery .
[6] The garden to the south of the house was designed by
Loutrel Briggs , and later modified by Sheila Wertimer.
[7]
[8] The address is 39 East Bay Street; it formerly was 39 East Battery Street.
[9]
In 1877, the house was bought by Edwin P. Frost.
[10] Frost served as a vestryman at
St. Michael's Episcopal Church where he was responsible for hiring Tiffany & Co. to decorate its chancel.
[10] At the same time, he had the company decorate the living room of 39 East Battery with gold leaf.
[10] The decoration was removed in 1970.
[8]
Beginning circa 1975, Lorna Colbert and her son
Stephen Colbert occupied the house while she ran the carriage house as a
bed and breakfast .
[11]
[12]
See also
References
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"Glenn Keyes, FAIA" . Glenn Keyes Architects . Retrieved 21 August 2020 .
^ Barry, Ann (19 December 1982).
"Looking Ahead to Charleston in Bloom" . The New York Times . Retrieved 21 August 2020 .
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"George Chisolm (1772-1835)" .
Find A Grave . Retrieved 21 August 2020 .
^ Chisolm, William Garnett.
"Chisholm genealogy, being a record of the name from AD 1254" (PDF) . p. 42. Retrieved 21 August 2020 .
^ Chisholm, William Garnett (1914).
Chisholm genealogy, being a record of the name from A. D. 1254; with short sketches of allied families . New York: The Knickerbocker Press. p. 42. Retrieved 21 August 2020 . George Chisolm, the elder factor, died intestate.
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"39 East Bay Street (George Chisolm House)" . Historic Charleston Foundation . Margaretta Childs Archives. Retrieved 20 August 2020 .
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Charleston Open Day Saturday, May 30, 2015 Visit 8 of Charleston’s finest private gardens
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a
b
"East Battery" . Charleston County Library. Archived from
the original on April 26, 2016. Retrieved April 18, 2016 .
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"39 East Bay Street (George Chisolm House) | Photography Collection" . Historic Charleston Foundation . Retrieved 21 August 2020 .
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a
b
c Leland, Isabella G. (February 20, 1961).
"Restoration Retains Home's Charms" . News and Courier . Charleston, South Carolina. pp. B-1. Retrieved April 18, 2016 .
^ Aldridge, Rebecca (15 December 2015).
Stephen Colbert .
The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. p. 32.
ISBN
978-1-4994-6260-9 . Lorna hadn't remarried, and she was running a bed-and-breakfast out of a carriage house.
^ Austin, Tom (May 14, 2014).
"Stephen Colbert's Favorite Things to Do in Charleston" .
Travel + Leisure .
Meredith Corporation . Retrieved 20 August 2020 . Back then, if I booked a guest, I got ten percent. A kid could have a whole weekend of fun on fifteen bucks......We'd go swimming off Sullivan's Island
External links
"George Chisolm House, 39 East Bay Street (East Battery Street)" . Charleston Museum .
Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. SC-684, "
George Chisolm House, 39 East Battery Street, Charleston, Charleston County, SC ", 16 photos, 2 photo caption pages
"39 East Bay Street - George Chisolm House, Charleston County" . Roots and Recall . Architectural Forensics LLC.
Minor, Steve.
"George Chisolm House (c. 1810), view03, 39 E Bay St, Charleston, SC, USA" .
flickr .
"Chisolm's Rice Mill (Charleston, S.C.)" . Social Networks and Archival Context .
Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. SC-10, "
Chisholm Rice Mill, 196 Tradd Street, Charleston, Charleston County, SC ", 2 photos, 1 photo caption page
"FROM CHARLESTON. CHISHOLM'S RICE MILLS EMPLOYMENT OF NEGROES ANOTHER RALPH FARNUM NOT PREACHING RIOTING AMONG THE SOLDIERY, &c. CHARLESTON, Sunday, Jan. 27, 1861" . The New York Times . 1 February 1861.
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