George Chisolm House Explained

Constructed about 1810,^[1] in the Federal style,^[2] for George Chisolm, a factor,^{[3] [4]} 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.^[5] The garden to the south of the house was designed by Loutrel Briggs, and later modified by Sheila Wertimer.^[6] The address is 39 East Bay Street; it formerly was 39 East Battery Street.^[7]

In 1877, the house was bought by Edwin P. Frost.^[8] Frost served as a vestryman at St. Michael's Episcopal Church where he was responsible for hiring Tiffany & Co. to decorate its chancel. At the same time, he had the company decorate the living room of 39 East Battery with gold leaf. The decoration was removed in 1970.^[9]

Beginning circa 1975, Lorna Colbert and her son Stephen Colbert occupied the house while she ran the carriage house as a bed and breakfast.^{[10] [11]}

See also

• West Point Rice Mill

External links

• • Web site: George Chisolm House, 39 East Bay Street (East Battery Street) . Charleston Museum.
  • Web site: 39 East Bay Street - George Chisolm House, Charleston County . Roots and Recall . Architectural Forensics LLC.
• Web site: Minor . Steve . George Chisolm House (c. 1810), view03, 39 E Bay St, Charleston, SC, USA . . 16 December 2010 -->.
• Web site: Chisolm's Rice Mill (Charleston, S.C.) . Social Networks and Archival Context.
  • News: 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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Notes and References

1. Web site: Glenn Keyes, FAIA . Glenn Keyes Architects . 21 August 2020.
2. Web site: Barry . Ann . Looking Ahead to Charleston in Bloom . The New York Times . 21 August 2020 . 19 December 1982.
3. Web site: Chisolm . William Garnett . Chisholm genealogy, being a record of the name from AD 1254 . 21 August 2020 . 42 .
4. Book: Chisholm . William Garnett . Chisholm genealogy, being a record of the name from A. D. 1254; with short sketches of allied families . 1914 . The Knickerbocker Press . New York . 42 . 21 August 2020 . en . George Chisolm, the elder factor, died intestate..
5. Web site: 39 East Bay Street (George Chisolm House) . Historic Charleston Foundation . Margaretta Childs Archives . 20 August 2020.
6. http://spoletousa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/2015-Charleston_May-30_PRINT.pdf Charleston Open Day Saturday, May 30, 2015 Visit 8 of Charleston’s finest private gardens
7. Web site: 39 East Bay Street (George Chisolm House) Photography Collection . Historic Charleston Foundation . 21 August 2020.
8. News: Restoration Retains Home's Charms . subscription . News and Courier . February 20, 1961 . April 18, 2016 . Leland, Isabella G. . Charleston, South Carolina . B-1.
9. Web site: East Battery . Charleston County Library . April 18, 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160426022331/http://ccpl.org/content.asp?id=15628&action=detail&catID=6025&parentID=5747 . April 26, 2016 .
10. Book: Stephen Colbert . Aldridge . Rebecca . 15 December 2015 . . 978-1-4994-6260-9 . 32 . en . Lorna hadn't remarried, and she was running a bed-and-breakfast out of a carriage house..
11. Web site: Austin . Tom . Stephen Colbert's Favorite Things to Do in Charleston . . . 20 August 2020 . EN . May 14, 2014 . 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.