Hampton Park Terrace Explained

Hampton Park Terrace Historic District
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Location:	Roughly bounded by Hagood, and Rutledge Aves., and Moultrie, and Congress Sts., Charleston, South Carolina
Coordinates:	32.7964°N -79.9547°W
Built:	1912
Architecture:	Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
Added:	September 26, 1997
Refnum:	97001186

Hampton Park Terrace is the name both of a neighborhood and a National Register district located in peninsular Charleston, South Carolina. The neighborhood is bounded on the west by The Citadel, on the north by Hampton Park, on the east by Rutledge Ave., and on the south by Congress St. In addition, the one block of Parkwood Ave. south of Congress St. is considered, by some, to be included. The National Register district, on the other hand, is composed of the same area with two exceptions: (1) the northeasternmost block is excluded and (2) an extra block of President St. is included.^[1] ^[2]

History

The land upon which the neighborhood is built was rural land until approximately 1900. At about that time, a few streets began being laid out in the northern end of the city. A few small houses were constructed at that time, but most of the land remained undeveloped. In 1912, three large sections of the neighborhood were platted. Those sections roughly correspond to the northwest quadrant, the southwest quadrant, and the southeast quadrant. They were developed by, respectively, the Charleston Building & Investment Co., Hampton Park Terrace Inc., and the Allan family. The final quadrant to the northeast was sporadically developed through the 1930s by the Navy Yard Building & Investment Co.

The neighborhood was, at the time, on the very edge of developed Charleston. At first, skeptics claimed that the development would fail, but within a month of the start of selling lots, more than 100 of the 251 original lots had been sold. The development was amid truck farming sites, but it benefitted from its location near the Ashley River and Hampton Park. A newspaper account at the time predicted that its success would start a move to suburban living in Charleston instead of in the lower peninsula because of these advantages: "No more desirable location for a home could be imagined-close to the river, away from the noise and bustle of the city, on the Rutledge avenue [trolley] car line and close to the King street car line, bordering Hampton Park, beautiful now and to be doubly beautiful when plans now being worked out are completed, within sight of the Ashley River with its fresh salt breezes, and the whole area high and dry, sixteen feet above low water mark, within four blocks of the Mitchell School, the biggest and best of the schools of the city system."

The residents of Hampton Park Terrace celebrated the neighborhood's 100th anniversary in March 2012. The event included a performance by The Citadel's Regimental Band and Pipes and the unveiling of a state historical marker.^[3]

National Register Status

Most of the housing in the neighborhood was constructed between 1912 and 1925. The architecture of the neighborhood follows national trends of the period and represents a distinct break from the local tradition of Charleston's other historic areas.http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2009/mar/16/forgotten_historic_district_emerges75170/?wap Nevertheless, because of its largely intact concentration of early 20th century buildings, the neighborhood (other than the northeasternmost portion) was added to the National Register on September 26, 1997.http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/charleston/S10817710165/S10817710165.pdf The National Register designation included those blocks that were laid out and whose restrictive covenants were created by one of four related development companies. As a result, the northeast corner of Hampton Park Terrace was not included in the historic district although it is part of the neighborhood.

Since the designation, several houses have been restored including one which was given a special award by the Historic Charleston Foundation for the quality of the work at 463 Huger St.^[4] In 2009, the Preservation Society of Charleston held its first outreach tour of historic houses and highlighted Hampton Park Terrace.^[5]

Gallery of Hampton Park Terrace houses

The Hampton Park Terrace National Register district includes historic structures on the following streets:

Ashley Ave. (north of Congress St. to Huger St.)
Congress St. (west of Rutledge Ave. to President St. (north side) and west of President St. (both sides))
Elmwood Ave. (all)
Glenwood Ave. (all)
Hagood Ave. (north of Congress St. to Moultrie St. (east side))
Huger St. (west of Rutledge Ave. to Ashley Ave. (south side) and west of Ashley Ave. (both sides))
Kenilworth Ave. (all)
Moultrie St. (west of Ashley Ave.)
North Allan Park (all)
Parkwood Ave. (all)
President St. (north of Sumter St. to Congress St. (west side) and north of Congress St. (both sides))
Rutledge Ave. (north of Congress St. to Huger St. (west side))
South Allan Park (all)
Sumter St. (west of President St. (north side))
Sutherland Ave. (all)
Sutherland Ct. (all)
Wesson Ave. (all)

Unless otherwise indicated, the following table shows images of all of the buildings in the district (contributing and non-contributing) in their current condition; the current images do not necessarily reflect the appearance and condition of the structures at the time the National Register district was formed.

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	Contributing			1921	Foursquare
	Contributing			1919	Foursquare
Non-contributing			1919	Lateral-gable		Brick veneer added before district created; original windows torn out after district created
	Contributing			1919	Front-gable		Twin to 4 Elmwood Ave. and 551 Huger St.
	Contributing			1922	Foursquare
	Contributing			1919	Bungalow
	Contributing			1920	Front-gable
	Contributing			1919	Front-gable		Mirror twin to 324 President St.
	Contributing			1919	Foursquare
	Contributing			1919	Foursquare
	Contributing			1920	Foursquare		Near twin to 475 Huger St., 494 Huger St., and 625 Rutledge Ave.
	Contributing			1920	Foursquare
	Contributing			1921	Bungalow
	Contributing			1922	Foursquare variant
	Contributing			1921	Foursquare
	Contributing			1921	Bungalow		Shown here in January 2007, the original, red brick exterior was painted in 2008:
	Contributing			1917	Foursquare
	Contributing			1917	Front-gable
	Contributing			1920	Foursquare
	Contributing			1920	Front-gable		Built by George Trescott; twin to 236 Congress St., 1 South Allan Park, 5 South Allan Park, 368 Ashley Ave., and 299 President St.
	Contributing			1920	Front-gable		Built by George Trescott; twin to 232 Congress St., 1 South Allan Park, 5 South Allan Park, 368 Ashley Ave., and 299 President St.
	Contributing			1920	Front-gable
Non-contributing			1930	Corner store		Harold's Cabin Grocery
Non-contributing			1910	Charleston single house
	Contributing			1919	Lateral-gable	Craftsman influence
	Contributing			1936	Bungalow influence		Built for Marion H. Drews (Chas. Building Permit #3032)
	Contributing			1931	Other	Minimal traditional
	Contributing			1930	Foursquare
	Contributing			1931	Other	Minimal traditional	Shown here in 2007 before its original windows were torn out:
	Contributing			1925	Front-gable
	Contributing			1926	Foursquare
	Contributing			1921	Lateral-gable
	Contributing			1915^[6]	Front-gable		An example of a Sears catalog house known as "The Roanoke"
	Contributing			1920	Foursquare
	Contributing			1919	Bungalow
Non-contributing			2009	Front-gable		The property was a vacant lot before the house was built.
	Contributing			1915^[7]	Front-gable
	Contributing			1915^[8]	Bungalow
	Contributing			1922	Bungalow influence
	Contributing			1915^[9]	Bungalow	Queen Anne influence
	Contributing			1931	Bungalow influence
	Contributing			1919	Front-gable
	Contributing			1916	Front-gable
	Contributing			1920	Foursquare
	Contributing			1920	Foursquare		The original one-story porch had a deck added in about 2010.
	Contributing			1923	Foursquare variant
Non-contributing			1920	Foursquare		Added brick veneer
	Contributing			1916	Foursquare
	Contributing			1915	Foursquare
	Contributing			1920	Front-gable		Twin to 362 Ashley Ave. and 551 Huger St.; subsequent renovation reopened porch but removed original windows
	Contributing			1916	Bungalow		Twin of 17 Kenilworth Ave. and 341 President St.
	Contributing			1914^[10]	Bungalow		Before being restored in 2013, the house (shown here in 2011) was covered in vinyl siding:
	Contributing			1917	Bungalow	Craftsman
	Contributing			1917	Front-gable		A second floor was added to the front porch in 2012.
	Contributing			1915	Front-gable
	Contributing			1917	Foursquare		Home of U.S. Representatives Thomas S. McMillan and Clara G. McMillan from 1917 to 1922
Non-contributing			1916	Lateral-gable
	Contributing			1916	Lateral-gable
	Contributing			1915	Foursquare
	Contributing			1922	Foursquare
	Contributing			1919	Foursquare
	Contributing			1917	Foursquare
	Contributing			1921	Lateral-gable
	Contributing			1916	Foursquare		Twin to 331 President St.
	Contributing			1919	Front-gable
	Contributing			1916	Foursquare
	Contributing			1938	Lateral-gable	Colonial Revival influence
Non-contributing			1922	Bungalow		Twin to 78 Hagood Ave.; alterations and brick veneer added
	Contributing			1922	Bungalow
	Contributing			1917	Bungalow
Non-contributing			2022	Contemporary
	Contributing			1913	Foursquare
	Contributing			1922	Front-gable
	Contributing			1914	Front-gable with Queen Anne influence
	Contributing			1913	Foursquare		Shown here in 2012 just before its vinyl siding was removed during a restoration:
	Contributing			1921	Foursquare
	Contributing			1920	Foursquare variant
	Contributing			1912	Foursquare
	Contributing			1912	Bungalow influence
	Contributing			1921	Lateral-gable	Prairie	Shown here in 2003, the house received an award from the Preservation Society of Charleston for its restoration in 2011:^[11]
	Contributing			1923	Foursquare
	Contributing			1914	Foursquare		Original windows removed during subsequent remodelling
Non-contributing			1917	Cottage
	Contributing			1938	Other	Tudor Revival
Non-contributing			1951	Other	Ranch
	Contributing			1920	Foursquare
	Contributing			1919	Lateral-gable		Near twin to 494 Huger St., 625 Rutledge Ave., and 182 Congress St.
	Contributing			1915	Foursquare
	Contributing			1937	Lateral-gable	Colonial Revival	The house was designed by its first owners, the Werles of New Jersey, using Winnsboro granite.^[12]
	Contributing			1920	Other	Prairie	Mirror image twin to 6 Wesson Ave.
Non-contributing			1914-1917	Freedman's cottage		The house was used as a commercial structure for most of the 20th century, including as period as a dance school.^[13]
	Contributing			1920	Bungalow	Craftsman
	Contributing			1917	Foursquare	Queen Anne influence
	Contributing			1918	Foursquare		Built by George T. Trescott; near twin to 475 Huger St., 625 Rutledge Ave., and 182 Congress St.
	Contributing			1915	Front-gable
	Contributing			1915	Foursquare	Queen Anne influence	Near twin of 513 Huger St., 10 Kenilworth Ave., and 335 President St.
	Contributing			1914	Foursquare	Queen Anne influence
	Contributing			1914	Foursquare		Childhood home of Akim Anastopoulo. The brick column in the photo (c. 1932) marked an entrance to the neighborhood but was removed at an unknown date.
	Contributing			1914	Foursquare
	Contributing			1917^[14]	Foursquare		Home of Samuel Rittenberg from 1919 to 1932
	Contributing			1912	Foursquare
	Contributing			1914 (?)	Foursquare		Near twin to 10 Kenilworth Ave. and 331 President St.
	Contributing			1916	Foursquare
	Contributing			1914^[15]	Foursquare
	Contributing			1912	Foursquare
	Contributing			1916	Foursquare	Queen Anne influence
	Contributing			1921	Foursquare
	Contributing			1919	Lateral-gable	Prairie	Shown here in 2006, the unique, suspended roof over the front door was replaced with a much larger porch:
	Contributing			1914	Foursquare
	Contributing			1939	Bungalow influence
Non-contributing			1921	Prairie
	Contributing			1919	Foursquare
	Contributing			1915	Foursquare
	Contributing			1929	Lateral-gable	Dutch Colonial	Aladdin house
	Contributing			1922	Foursquare
	Contributing			1921	Bungalow		Mirrorimage twin of 565 Huger St. but with later front-porch enclosure
	Contributing			1919	Front-gable		Twin of 362 Ashley Ave. and 4 Elmwood Ave.
	Contributing			1921	Foursquare
	Contributing			1916	Foursquare
	Contributing			1922	Bungalow		Mirror-image twin of 550 Huger St. but covered in later brick-patterned siding
Non-contributing			1922	Lateral-gable	Craftsman influence	Near twin of 330 President St. and 14 Kenilworth Ave.
	Contributing			1919	Foursquare	Craftsman influence	Home of Mayor Thomas Stoney
Non-contributing			1920	Lateral-gable		Brick veneer added
	Contributing			1916	Prairie	Prairie
	Contributing			1916	Foursquare
	Contributing			1917	Foursquare variant
	Contributing			1915	Foursquare variant
	Contributing			1914^[16]	Foursquare	Queen Anne influence	Near twin of 497 Huger St., 513 Huger St., and 335 President St.
	Contributing			1919	Other	Bungalow influence
	Contributing			1915	Other	Bungalow influence
	Contributing			1920	Lateral-gable	Craftsman influence	Near twin to 330 President St. and 567 Huger St.
	Contributing			1919	Foursquare
	Contributing			1917	Foursquare
	Contributing			1915	Bungalow		Twin to 5 Elmwood Ave. and 341 President St.
	Contributing			1916	Foursquare	Queen Anne influence
	Contributing			1920	Lateral-gable	Prairie influence
	Contributing			1915^[17]	Foursquare
	Contributing			1927	Foursquare	Craftsman influence
	Contributing			1920	Foursquare
	Contributing			1920	Bungalow	Craftsman
	Contributing			1937	Lateral-gable	Colonial Revival	Designed by Stephen Thomas for Edwin Pearlstine (Chas. building permit #3271)
	Contributing			1937	Other	Colonial Revival	Built for Milton Pearlstine (Chas. building permit #3222)
Non-contributing			1955	Church	Georgian	Designed by Harold Tatum^[18]
Non-contributing			1913	Foursquare		Brick veneer added
	Contributing			1935	Bungalow	Colonial Revival	Designed by Stephen Thomas for Mr. Isadore Solomon (Chas. building permit #1943)
	Contributing			1916	Foursquare		Twin to 362 President St.; original windows were torn out in 1997
	Contributing			1922	Foursquare
	Contributing			1916	Foursquare
	Contributing			1914	Foursquare
	Contributing			1921	Front-gable
	Contributing			1923	Foursquare
	Contributing			1923	Other	Prairie	Faculty House of The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina; home of U.S. Representatives Thomas S. McMillan and Clara G. McMillan
	Contributing			1919	Foursquare		Shown here in 1913 before being restored:
	Contributing			1937	Bungalow influence
Non-contributing			1950	Ranch		Steel casement windows were removed on the south and west elevations following a fire.
	Contributing			1921	Foursquare		Built by George Trescott; original windows were torn out in 2012 remodeling
	Contributing			1920	Foursquare
	Contributing			1918	Lateral-gable	Craftsman bungalow influence
	Contributing			1920	Foursquare
	Contributing			1917	Foursquare		Shown here in 1917 before a room was added above the front porch:
Non-contributing				Other
	Contributing			1917	Lateral-gable	Colonial Revival influence
	Contributing			1931	Lateral-gable	Spanish Colonial	Shown here in 2004 before a renovation removed the tile roof and the decorative metalwork on the front stoop:
	Contributing			1917	Foursquare		A room built over what had been a one-story porch, shown here in 2006, led to the collapse of the addition and the porch in 2008.
	Contributing			1914	Foursquare
	Contributing			1922	Foursquare
	Contributing			1914	Foursquare	Queen Anne influence	Shown here in 2006, the house subsequently had its original windows torn out:
	Contributing			1916	Front-gable		Shown here before a 2010 restoration, its work was recognized with a 2012 Carolopolis Award:
	Contributing			1919	Foursquare	Queen Anne influence	Shown here in 2012 before its artificial siding was removed in 2022.:
	Contributing			1917	Front-gable		Shown here in 1922, the house has had its porch enclosed, vinyl siding added, and windows replaced:
	Contributing			1916	Bungalow
	Contributing			1917	Lateral-gable	Tudor Revival
Non-contributing			1951	Ranch		Designed by Augustus Constantine
	Contributing			1916	Lateral-gable	Craftsman influence
	Contributing			1916	Foursquare	Queen Anne influence
Non-contributing			1914	Foursquare
	Contributing			1914	Foursquare
Non-contributing			1913	Foursquare
	Contributing			1922	Lateral-gable
	Contributing			1920	Front-gable
	Contributing			1919	Bungalow
	Contributing			1921	Front-gable
	Contributing			1920	Bungalow
	Contributing			1919	Front-gable		Shown here in August 2007, the house has since had its windows torn out, its eaves enclosed, and its porch columns changed:
	Contributing			1921	Bungalow
	Contributing			1921	Bungalow
	Contributing			1925	Bungalow influence
	Contributing			1910	Freedman's cottage
	Contributing			1919	Front-gable		Twin to 364 Ashley Ave.; built by George Trescott; shown here before a large addition to the north (left in photo) facade in 2010:
	Contributing			1914	Bungalow
	Contributing			1921	Lateral-gable	Craftsman influence	Near twin to 567 Huger St. and 14 Kenilworth Ave.
	Contributing			1915	Foursquare		Twin to 5 Glenwood Ave.
	Contributing			1917	Foursquare		A middle porch support was added in 2012 and the corner columns were covered.
	Contributing			1913^[19]	Foursquare		Near twin of 513 Huger St. and 10 Kenilworth Ave.
	Contributing			1914^[20]	Foursquare
	Contributing			1918	Foursquare
	Contributing			1917	Foursquare		Childhood home of Sen. Ernest F. Hollings
	Contributing			1917	Foursquare		Shown here in April 2004, the house has since had its original windows torn out, its front porch converted into a deck, and its brickwork repointed with cement:
	Contributing			1916	Bungalow		Twin to 5 Elmwood Ave. and 17 Kenilworth Ave.
	Contributing			1928	Lateral-gable
Non-contributing			1914^[21]	Other
	Contributing			1916	Foursquare		Twin to 151 Moultrie St. until 2001 work removed some original windows and altered porch column arrangement
	Contributing			1921	Foursquare
	Contributing			1915	Foursquare		Home of civil rights leader Septima Clark
	Contributing			1921	Foursquare		Built by F.J.H. Haesloop
	Contributing			1914^[22]	Foursquare variant
	Contributing			1917	Front-gable		Home of Claudia Tharin, founder of Florence Crittendon Home of Charleston. Before the house was restored in 2013, it had been covered in vinyl siding:
	Contributing			1922	Foursquare
	Contributing			1922	Bungalow
	Contributing			1920	Front-gable	Craftsman influence
	Contributing			1920	Front-gable
	Contributing			1920	Foursquare
	Contributing			1924	Bungalow		Original windows were later torn out.
	Contributing			1919	Foursquare		Near twin to 475 Huger St., 494 Huger St., and 182 Congress St.; the house's restoration in 2012 included removing vinyl siding and restoring original windows^[23]
Non-contributing			1990	Commercial
	Contributing			1919	Front-gable
	Contributing			1919	Bungalow
	Contributing			1920	Front-gable		Twin to 1 South Allan Park, 232 Congress St., 236 Congress St., 368 Ashley Ave., and 299 President St.
	Contributing			1916	Bungalow influence
	Contributing			1916	Lateral-gable
Non-contributing			1995	Front-gable
	Contributing			1915	Foursquare		Home of Mayor Thomas P. Stoney from 1915 to 1929
	Contributing			1917	Front-gable
	Contributing			1916	Foursquare
	Contributing			1931	Bungalow
	Contributing			1973
	Contributing			1920	Foursquare
	Contributing			1913	Foursquare
	Contributing			1913	Front-gable
	Contributing			1914	Front-gable	Queen Anne influence
	Contributing			1913	Lateral gable	Craftsman influence	Shown here in April, later in 2011, the house had its windows torn out; all its walls, ceilings, and floors removed; its chimneys removed; new openings created; its oriel window removed; and its stoop with wrought ironwork removed:
	Contributing			1910	Freedman's cottage
Non-contributing				Other
Non-contributing			1938	Colonial		Shown here before brick veneer added to east (right in photo) facade and stoop enlargement:
Non-contributing				Freedman's cottage	Victorian
	Contributing			1916	Foursquare
	Contributing			1920	Foursquare
	Contributing			1915	Foursquare	Queen Anne influence
	Contributing			1917	Foursquare		In 2016, an unsympathetic renovation resulted in the loss of the historic house and its replacement with a new house, vaguely inspired by the original.
	Contributing			1915	Foursquare
	Contributing			1920	Other	Prairie	Mirror image twin to 489 Huger St.
	Contributing			1914	Foursquare
	Contributing			1918	Foursquare
	Contributing			1915	Foursquare
	Contributing			1919	Foursquare
	Contributing			1922	Lateral-gable		Built by George T. Trescott

Notes and References

Web site: Fick . Sarah . Shelly Clark-Glidewell . Kevin Eberle . Eric Harrod . Mark Sloan . Michelle Sloan . Hampton Park Terrace Historic District . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . March 1997 . 11 June 2012.
Web site: Hampton Park Terrace Historic District, Charleston County (bounded by Hagood & Rutledge Aves. & Moultrie & Congress Sts., Charleston) . National Register Properties in South Carolina . South Carolina Department of Archives and History . 11 June 2012.
News: Hampton Park Terrace to mark 100 years. Jan 1, 2013. Charleston Post & Courier. Feb 23, 2012. Stephanie Harvin.
News: Restoring neglected gem. Jan 1, 2013. Charleston Post & Courier. April 30, 2012. Robert Behre.
News: 'Forgotten' historic district emerges. Jan 1, 2013. Charleston Post & Courier. March 16, 2009. Robert Behre. B1.
News: Building Pemits Issued. March 28, 2013. Charleston (S.C.) News & Courier. May 2, 1915. 15.
News: Building Permits Issued. March 28, 2013. Charleston (S.C.) News & Courier. Sep 5, 1915. 20.
News: Building Permits Issued. March 28, 2013. Charleston (S.C.) News & Courier. June 13, 1915. 2.
News: Building Permits Issued. March 28, 2013. Charleston (S.C.) News & Courier. Oct 10, 1915. 24.
News: Building Pemits Issued. Mar 28, 2013. Charleston (S.C.) News & Courier. Aug 2, 1914. 15.
News: Restoring neglected gem. Jan 25, 2013. Charleston News & Courier. April 30, 2012. Robert Behre. Metro 5.
News: Winnsboro Blue Granite Used in Modern Home Designed by Owners. Jan 20, 2013. Charleston News & Courier. July 17, 1938.
News: Miss Vionne Brown Studies Dancing at Maine School. Jan 20, 2013. Charleston News & Courier. Aug 30, 1951.
News: Building Permits. Charleston (S.C.) Evening Post. March 8, 1917. 11.
News: Building Permits Issued. Mar 28, 2013. Charleston (S.C.) News & Courier. Aug 1, 1915. 12.
News: Building Permits. Charleston Evening Post. August 6, 1914. 8.
News: Building Permits Issued. Charleston (S.C.) News & Courier. May 9, 1915. 15.
News: New Building for First Church of Christ, Scientist, Finished. Jan 7, 2013. Charleston News & Courier. March 12, 1955. B4.
News: Building Permits Granted. Mar 28, 2013. Charleston (S.C.) News & Courier. Nov 19, 1913. 5.
News: Building Permits Issued. Mar 28, 2013. Charleston (S.C.) News & Courier. Jun 7, 1914. 3.
News: Building Permits Issued. Mar 28, 2013. Charleston (S.C.) News & Courier. Apr 12, 1914. 14.
News: Building Permits Issued. Mar 28, 2013. Charleston (S.C.) Post & Courier. Aug 2, 1914. 15.
News: Carpenter strives to save windows. Jan 8, 2013. Charleston Post & Courier. June 25, 2012. Robert Behre.