Dr. Peter Fayssoux House Explained
The Dr. Peter Fayssoux House is a pre-Revolutionary house built about 1732 for Alexander Smith.[1] After the Revolutionary War, the Georgian house was home to Dr. Peter Fayssoux, the surgeon general of the Continental Army. In the 1930s, the house was home of Beatrice Ravenel,[2] a Charleston writer. Dr. Peter Fayssoux was a member of the Society of the Cincinnati of the State of Georgia.[3]
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- News: Charleston Garden Club's Easter Tours Slated Saturday in Afternoon, Evening . News and Courier . March 30, 1958 . April 16, 2016 . Long, Elizabeth . Charleston, South Carolina . 3B.
- News: Historic Charleston Annual Home Tours Plans Complete . News and Courier . March 2, 1958 . Charleston, South Carolina . 7 . English.
- Aimone. Alan Conrad. 2005. New York State Society of the Cincinnati: Biographies of Original Members and Other Continental Officers (review). The Journal of Military History. 69. 1. 231–232. 10.1353/jmh.2005.0002. 162248285. 1543-7795.
