Ashtabula (Pendleton, South Carolina)
Ashtabula | |
Location | 2725 Old Greenville Highway |
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Nearest city | Pendleton, South Carolina |
Coordinates | 34°40′44″N 82°45′25″W / 34.67889°N 82.75694°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1828 |
Architectural style | Central Hall, Double-pile |
Part of | Pendleton Historic District (ID70000560[1]) |
NRHP reference No. | 72001186[1] |
Added to NRHP | March 23, 1972 |
Ashtabula is a
History
Around 1790, Thomas Lofton built a two-story, brick house at the site. Later, the Gassaway family owned the house, which they operated as a tavern on the stage road from Pendleton to
In the mid-1820s, Lewis Ladson Gibbes from Charleston built the frame house now known as Ashtabula. His spouse was Maria Drayton of Drayton Hall and a niece of Arthur Middleton. She died in 1826 and he died in 1828 just before the completion of the house. Some of their children lived in the house.[2][5]
It was sold to Dr. Ozey R. Broyles in 1837. Broyles had an interest in agricultural and invented a subsurface
In 1851, the plantation was sold to James Latta. He imported some of the first
Sarah E. Adger, daughter of Robert Adger, and her husband William D. Warner developed a dairy farm managed by a neighbor, J. C. Stribling.[11] They brought the first Jersey cattle into South Carolina.[11][12]
In 1880, Francis J. Pelzer, who built Pelzer Manufacturing Company, purchased the property. It was later owned by a number of South Carolinians. The last private owner was Frederick W. Symmes of Greenville. He owned it from 1940 to 1957.[2]
It was then purchased by Mead Paper Company. They gave the house to the Foundation for the Historic Restoration in the Pendleton Area in 1961. The Foundation's name was changed to the Pendleton Historic Foundation in the 1990s.[5]
Ashtabula is now a
Architecture
The house is a two-story, nearly square, frame structure that is four bays wide. The house has a
The interior walls are wide, horizontal planks covered with wallpaper. The central staircase has been moved back. Currently, there is a U-shaped staircase with a landing above the back entrance.[2]
A passageway connects to the original brick house, which served as the kitchen and servants' quarters. This is the 1790 two-story brick building with a hip roof and central chimney.[2]
References
- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Luke, Linda (June 28, 1971). "Ashtabula" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved October 19, 2009.
- ^ "Ashtabula, Anderson County (off S.C. Hwy. 88, Pendleton vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Archived from the original on October 23, 2009. Retrieved October 23, 2009.
- ^ Fant, Mrs. James W. (June 2, 1970). "Pendleton Historical District" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved October 23, 2009.
- ^ a b c d "Ashtabula c. 1825". History of Houses. Pendleton Historic Foundation. Archived from the original on May 28, 2009. Retrieved October 23, 2009.
- ^ ISBN 1-59629-197-4.
- ISBN 978-1-59629-345-8.
- ^ Pendleton Farmers' Society. Atlanta, Georgia: Foote & Davies Co. 1908. p. 88.
Pendleton Farmers Society Broyles.
- ISBN 0-86554-797-1.
- ISBN 0-912462-06-X.
- ^ a b "Ashtabula Houses". Sites around Clemson. City of Clemson, South Carolina. Retrieved October 23, 2009.
- ^ Boones, Dorothy R. (April 20, 2001). "J. C. Stribling Barn" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved October 12, 2009.
- ISBN 0-7603-2540-5.
External links
- Ashtabula Historical Marker
- [1]
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. SC-328, "Ashtabula, State Route 88, Pendleton, Anderson County, SC", 3 photos, 5 data pages, 1 photo caption page