The Whispers of Charleston

Now part of Ansonborough, the Village of Middlesex ( also known as Gadsdens Green and Federal Green) was laid out by Christopher Gadsden, the Charlestown merchant who became the leader of the Mechanicks party during the Revolution. Gadsden, who made a fortune trading with the frontier by 1761, closed his stores at Georgetown and began to develop this suburb, and to build the largest wharf in America in front of it. Gadsden had the area laid out into six wharf lots and 197 building lots. The Suburb was bounded by present day Calhoun, Anson, and Laurens Streets and the Cooper River. Gadsden filled the marsh and in cooperation with his neighbor to the north, Alexander Mazyck, straightened the creek between them by digging a canal which followed the course of present day Calhoun Street, termination about where Calhoun crosses Washington Street. The block of Calhoun between Washington and East Bay, where there is still an open space was intended as  market place.   Come Join the Facebook page at Whispers of Charleston : https://www.facebook.com/share/1Kwy2wNjtH/  Follow the Instagram page : https://www.instagram.com/whispers_of_charleston?utm_source=qr&igsh=MXY2dnNma3NycHF0ZQ==  Come Join the Facebook Group : https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1HTUeeqqK4/  Subscribe, Like, and Share the videos: www.youtube.com/@WhispersofCharleston  Join the Patreon Family : https://patreon.com/CharlestonWhispers?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink 

Barre (pronounced Barry) Street was surveyed in 1 770 as the westernmost street of Harleston Village, running south to north from a creek just below Beaufain Street and crossing a creek just to the north of Bull Street. The street. however. was platted through marsh lands and never actually laid out. Gov. Thomas Bennett's House was built on land inherited from his father. Thomas Bennett. Sr. (1754-1814). The senior Bennett. in cooperation with Daniel Cannon, built and operated large lumber mills that used both wind and tidal power. After the partnership ended, Bennett took his son, Thomas Bennett Jr. (1781-1865) into partnership and in 1802 the vounger man continued the business alone. In addition to the lumber business. which Thomas Bennett Jr. eventuallv turned over to his son-in- law. Jonathan Lucas III. in 1847. Bennett was active in rice milling, building Bennett's Mill on the Cooper River side of the city. When built Bennett's house looked out on his rice and saw mills and his mill ponds to the south and east. which were filled in the 1880s and 90s. He was also active in banking, serving as president and director of the Bank of the State of South Carolina and director of the Planters and Mechanics Bank of South Carolina In addition to his business interests. Thomas Bennett Jr. served as a member of the S.C. House of Representatives, 1804-06, 1808-10. 1812-18. Speaker of the House, 1814-18: member of the South Carolina Senate. 1819-20 and 1837-40: and Governor of South Carolina. 1820-22. He was Intendant (mayor) of Charleston, 1812-14. The brick house is two-and-a-half stories on a raised basement of stuccoed brick. The one-story piazza on the south side of the house has a fanlighted entrance with entablature and segmental arches rising from unfluted Roman Doric columns. The piazza and iron-railed entrance platform with curving steps rest on arcades of stuccoed brick.

Today were gonna stop at 3 homes on Atlantic Street 2 Atlantic Street May and Leila Waring House the two sisters bought the house in 1923. May was a writer and Leila was a painter. 5 Atlantic Street William E Holmes was a dealer in paints, oils, and other products, with his offices and warehouses on East Bay Street, he built this rental property in the Colonial Revival style 16 Atlantic Street this structure has changed significantly over time, Originally it was a one story frame building that housed a grocery store owned by A.E Stelling. By 1930 the entire structure was covered in brick. Come Join the Facebook page at Whispers of Charleston : https://www.facebook.com/share/1Kwy2wNjtH/  Follow the Instagram page : https://www.instagram.com/whispers_of_charleston?utm_source=qr&igsh=MXY2dnNma3NycHF0ZQ==  Come Join the Facebook Group : https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1HTUeeqqK4/  Subscribe, Like, and Share the videos: www.youtube.com/@WhispersofCharleston  Join the Patreon Family : https://patreon.com/CharlestonWhispers?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink 

Sometime before 1739 Lynchs Lane was laid out from Meeting Street to the Cooper River with a width of 12 feet. by the 1800 the Street from Church Street to East Battery had been widened to 26 feet. 1 & 3 Atlantic Street this pair of houses both two and half stories of wood with gable roofs was built by Capt Benjamin Smith who was a shipbuilder.  Come Join the Facebook page at Whispers of Charleston : https://www.facebook.com/share/1Kwy2wNjtH/  Follow the Instagram page : https://www.instagram.com/whispers_of_charleston?utm_source=qr&igsh=MXY2dnNma3NycHF0ZQ==  Come Join the Facebook Group : https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1HTUeeqqK4/  Subscribe, Like, and Share the videos: www.youtube.com/@WhispersofCharleston  Join the Patreon Family : https://patreon.com/CharlestonWhispers?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink 

218 Ashley Ave the Church of the Holy Communion. This congregation was organized in 1848 in the home of the Rev. Nathaniel Bowen. The commandant of the nearby Federal Arsenal was present and offered a room at the Arsenal fro the purpose of worship.  219 Ashley Ave Henry Buck was a German grocer who built a two and a half story wooden store and residence. Buck was an ardent horseman who raced horses on Wagners racetrack at the Grove. Come Join the Facebook page at Whispers of Charleston : https://www.facebook.com/share/1Kwy2wNjtH/  Follow the Instagram page : https://www.instagram.com/whispers_of_charleston?utm_source=qr&igsh=MXY2dnNma3NycHF0ZQ==  Come Join the Facebook Group : https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1HTUeeqqK4/  Subscribe, Like, and Share the videos: www.youtube.com/@WhispersofCharleston  Join the Patreon Family : https://patreon.com/CharlestonWhispers?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink 

192 Ashley Ave was built by The Wickenberg Family in 1859 and the home was in  the Italianate style with elaborate window cornices and door hood. 216 Ashley Ave was built by Thomas R Waring an officer of the Bank of the State of South Carolina. the house remained in the family until 1881 it was built in the Italianate style popular in the 1850s   Come Join the Facebook page at Whispers of Charleston : https://www.facebook.com/share/1Kwy2wNjtH/  Follow the Instagram page : https://www.instagram.com/whispers_of_charleston?utm_source=qr&igsh=MXY2dnNma3NycHF0ZQ==  Come Join the Facebook Group : https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1HTUeeqqK4/  Subscribe, Like, and Share the videos: www.youtube.com/@WhispersofCharleston  Join the Patreon Family : https://patreon.com/CharlestonWhispers?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink 

This outstanding Greek Revival mansion was built by John Hume Lucas who was a wealthy planter. The house was donated by Margaret Wickliffe of West Union South Carolina to the Health Sciences Foundation of the Medical University of South Carolina and restored in 1977   Come Join the Facebook page at Whispers of Charleston : https://www.facebook.com/share/1Kwy2wNjtH/  Follow the Instagram page : https://www.instagram.com/whispers_of_charleston?utm_source=qr&igsh=MXY2dnNma3NycHF0ZQ==  Come Join the Facebook Group : https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1HTUeeqqK4/  Subscribe, Like, and Share the videos: www.youtube.com/@WhispersofCharleston  Join the Patreon Family : https://patreon.com/CharlestonWhispers?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink 

Come walk Alexander street with me. As i stop at different houses i will be talking about these homes and what makes them special. On this episode we will stop at 5 Alexander Street and talk about Simon Jude Chancognie.

Drayton hall is considered one of the finest examples of Georgian Palladian architecture in the United States. Its grounds represent one of the most significant, undisturbed historic landscapes in America. Construction of the house was begun in 1739 by John Drayton, and 7 generations of the Drayton Family lived there until 1974, when the family transferred the property to the National Trust for Historic Preservation. A rare survival, the house had only a few coats of paint in its history and was never upgraded with plumbing or electricity. The National Trust interprets the history and architecture of the house and the lives here for more than 300 years.   Come Join the Facebook page at Whispers of Charleston : https://www.facebook.com/share/1Kwy2wNjtH/  Follow the Instagram page : https://www.instagram.com/whispers_of_charleston?utm_source=qr&igsh=MXY2dnNma3NycHF0ZQ==  Come Join the Facebook Group : https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1HTUeeqqK4/  Subscribe, Like, and Share the videos: www.youtube.com/@WhispersofCharleston  Join the Patreon Family : https://patreon.com/CharlestonWhispers?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink 

Today were gonna talk about the U.S Arsenal and Porter Military Academy Complex and how it affected the community and what it did to help serve the community.  We will also talk about the different alterations done to the building and the Churches that helped this school as well.    Come Join the Facebook page at Whispers of Charleston : https://www.facebook.com/share/1Kwy2wNjtH/  Follow the Instagram page : https://www.instagram.com/whispers_of_charleston?utm_source=qr&igsh=MXY2dnNma3NycHF0ZQ==  Come Join the Facebook Group : https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1HTUeeqqK4/  Subscribe, Like, and Share the videos: www.youtube.com/@WhispersofCharleston  Join the Patreon Family : https://patreon.com/CharlestonWhispers?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink 

107 Ashley Ave was built by Thomas Corbett who was planter on land which his wife Elizabeth Harleston inherited from her John Harleston. Francis J Pelzer was one of the houses prominent later occupants, his initials are etched in the glass of the front door. 113 Ashley Ave is the Bennett McElhenny House. the house was built by Gov Thomas Bennett on the only high point of and on Lynch Street now Ashley Ave. the house sold to Susan McElhenny who's daughter married Paul Hamilton Hayne. their son Paul Hamiliton Hayne was born here in the home in 1830   Come Join the Facebook page at Whispers of Charleston : https://www.facebook.com/share/1Kwy2wNjtH/  Follow the Instagram page : https://www.instagram.com/whispers_of_charleston?utm_source=qr&igsh=MXY2dnNma3NycHF0ZQ==  Come Join the Facebook Group : https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1HTUeeqqK4/  Subscribe, Like, and Share the videos: www.youtube.com/@WhispersofCharleston  Join the Patreon Family : https://patreon.com/CharlestonWhispers?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink 

Theodore Gaillard House Jr was a factory and planter who bought the site in 1803 and competed the house by 1816. Dr Willis Wilkinson bought the house in 1825, he had two daughters who married the same man, the first sister passed away and then as Christopher Gustavus Memminger who was a Confederate secretary of the Treasury took the second sister to the grave site to visit the first sister had a miss understanding and later married.    Come Join the Facebook page at Whispers of Charleston : https://www.facebook.com/share/1Kwy2wNjtH/  Follow the Instagram page : https://www.instagram.com/whispers_of_charleston?utm_source=qr&igsh=MXY2dnNma3NycHF0ZQ==  Come Join the Facebook Group : https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1HTUeeqqK4/  Subscribe, Like, and Share the videos: www.youtube.com/@WhispersofCharleston  Join the Patreon Family : https://patreon.com/CharlestonWhispers?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink 

91 Ashley Avenue Frances Carrere Robertson House built this two and a half story home in the Queen Ann Style. Mr. and Mrs. Robertson lived in this home until Mr. James Robertson passed in 1934. Then Mrs. Robertson sold the home and stayed in the house as a tenant for her final years. 95 Ashley Avenue This single house was built in the mid 19th century by William A Courtenay and was remolded between 1883 and 1893. William Ashmead Courtenay was Mayor of Charleston from 1831 to 1908

76 Ashley Avenue was the John Hume Simons House, he acquired this property threw marriage to his cousin Mary Hume Lucas and they had 8 children, and lived very comfortably in this 2 story home. the huge double drawing rooms were used for Worship by St. Marys Roman Catholic Church. Mr. and Mrs. Emmet Robinson purchased the home in 1960. 90 Ashley Avenue was built by Dr. Joseph Glover who built this two story home and used it as a rental home. in the 19th century it was remolded in the Qyeen Anne style. the Toale family owned it from 1881 to 1894 and the Doscher family owned it from 1894 to 1966. 

Were off to the Greeks. So cool fun fact, Charlestons first Greek immigrant was Maria Gracia Turnbull, who may have been the first Greek woman in North America. Maria and her husband Andrew arrived in Charleston in 1781. The Greek Orthodox Church has always been the focal point of the local Greek community. In 1908 the first Greek Orthodox Liturgy was performed in St. Johns Episcopal Church. In March of 1911 The Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church was built. in 1960 Demetrios Liollio designed a school building behind the Hellenic Center. 

Today well be talking about the Germans that immagrated to Charleston. Early Settlers from Germany areas came from Switzerland, Austria, Bohemia and other areas leaving behind famine, war, and hunger for the possibility of a better life in the New World. The Germans came over in small waves in the 18th Century. The first German Lutherans held their first recorded worship service in Charleston in 1734. The Second wave of immigrants come in the mid 19th century. Germans participated fully in the Southern Cause during the Civil War, raising six militia companies and an artillery battalion.

The first Scots in Charleston arrived in the late 17th century. in 1685 they united with Huguenots from France, Congregationalists from England and New England, and other Christians from Ireland to form the Independent Church of Charleston on Meeting Street, where the Circular Congregational Church now Stands. in 1731 twelve Scottish families, about 30 people, withdrew peaceably from Congregational Church so they could form a church that would be governed according to the form and discipline of the Church of Scotland.  The new church became known as the "Scots Kirk" or Scots Meeting House, and in 1734 they built a wooden structure at Meeting and Tradd Streets as a place of worship.   Come Join the Facebook page at Whispers of Charleston : https://www.facebook.com/share/1Kwy2wNjtH/  Follow the Instagram page : https://www.instagram.com/whispers_of_charleston?utm_source=qr&igsh=MXY2dnNma3NycHF0ZQ==  Come Join the Facebook Group : https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1HTUeeqqK4/  Subscribe, Like, and Share the videos: www.youtube.com/@WhispersofCharleston  Join the Patreon Family : https://patreon.com/CharlestonWhispers?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink 

Though no record exists, legend has it that Spanish priests celebrated Mass in the area as early as 1526, long before Charles Townes English settlers arrived in 1670. Catholics came to colonial Carolina despite a ban on Catholicism enacted for fear that Catholics would conspire with the Spanish against the English colony. However, there were no established Catholic congregations until after the American Revolution.    Come Join the Facebook page at Whispers of Charleston : https://www.facebook.com/share/1Kwy2wNjtH/  Follow the Instagram page : https://www.instagram.com/whispers_of_charleston?utm_source=qr&igsh=MXY2dnNma3NycHF0ZQ==  Come Join the Facebook Group : https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1HTUeeqqK4/  Subscribe, Like, and Share the videos: www.youtube.com/@WhispersofCharleston  Join the Patreon Family : https://patreon.com/CharlestonWhispers?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink 

The English expedition that established the first Carolina settlement stopped at Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland, to recruit Irish servants, but did not meet with much success. To many Catholic Irish, the Americas were a place of banishment from where no one ever returned. Nonetheless, some Irish, especially Protestants, did come to the early colony. The 18th century also saw a large influx of Scots/Irish settlers to South Carolinas interior and some established businesses in Charleston. Most settled on the upper part of the peninsula were instrumental in founding the Second Presbyterian Church in 1809. One of those founder James Adger from County Antrim was a merchant on upper King Street, though later he moved south of Broad to a house on Meeting Street.  Come Join the Facebook page at Whispers of Charleston : https://www.facebook.com/share/1Kwy2wNjtH/  Follow the Instagram page : https://www.instagram.com/whispers_of_charleston?utm_source=qr&igsh=MXY2dnNma3NycHF0ZQ==  Come Join the Facebook Group : https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1HTUeeqqK4/  Subscribe, Like, and Share the videos: www.youtube.com/@WhispersofCharleston  Join the Patreon Family : https://patreon.com/CharlestonWhispers?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink 

Charleston is home to one of the oldest Jewish settlements in the United States. Jews began arriving her as early as 1694 and by 1800 Charleston boasted the largest population in North American. The First Immigrants were mainly Sephardim, people of Spanish and Portuguese ancestry, who came from England, the Netherlands and the West Indies to Charles Town, the new British outpost in North America. over the course of the 18th Century, increasing numbers of Ashkenazic Jews came from the German Speaking states and Poland, and from Atlantic coast seaports. Come Join the Facebook page at Whispers of Charleston : https://www.facebook.com/share/1Kwy2wNjtH/  Follow the Instagram page : https://www.instagram.com/whispers_of_charleston?utm_source=qr&igsh=MXY2dnNma3NycHF0ZQ==  Come Join the Facebook Group : https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1HTUeeqqK4/  Subscribe, Like, and Share the videos: www.youtube.com/@WhispersofCharleston  Join the Patreon Family : https://patreon.com/CharlestonWhispers?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink 

Today were talking about the French Protestants known as the French Huguenots who fled religious persecution under Louis XIV had a significant impact on the early Charles Towne Colony. Though many arrived impoverished the Huguenots skills and education allowed them to quickly establish themselves as merchants and craftsmen. Many Huguenot names figure in the history of the city, such as Ravenel, Gillard, Porcher, Laurens, and Mazyck. Two large groups of Frenchmen came to South Carolina. in 1755 more than 1000 Acadian exiles were sent to the colony from Nova Scotia.  from 1793 until the Republic of Haiti was declared in 1804 about 500 refugees from Saint Domingue came to the city during the Haitian Revolution. Charlestons Huguenot Church is the only surviving Huguenot Church in the United States to remain independent of other denominations and retain the historic liturgy of the French Protestant Church,  Come Join the Facebook page at Whispers of Charleston : https://www.facebook.com/share/1Kwy2wNjtH/  Follow the Instagram page : https://www.instagram.com/whispers_of_charleston?utm_source=qr&igsh=MXY2dnNma3NycHF0ZQ==  Come Join the Facebook Group : https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1HTUeeqqK4/  Subscribe, Like, and Share the videos: www.youtube.com/@WhispersofCharleston  Join the Patreon Family : https://patreon.com/CharlestonWhispers?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink 

Today were gonna talk about how the Caribbean and Barbadian people have influenced the Carolinas, especially Charleston. As the Lords Proprietors sent out the Barbados Proclamation, inviting those interested in leaving the island to undertake an expedition back to Charles Town. The Carolinas essentially became the "Colony of a Colony" a Colony of Barbados. The early Barbadian government was promulgated through the Anglican Church, the Epsicopal Church in the Carolinas. In the early history of Barbados it was illegal to educate the enslaved as it was the Carolinas. Religious groups such as the Society of Quakers, the Society fro the Propagation of the Gospel, and the Moravian Church were some of the early groups to violate those laws. To communicate enslaved Africans who were captured from different parts of West Africa and spoke different languages came up with a language that mixed West African and English dialects known as Bajan in Barbados and Gullah in the Carolinas.    Come Join the Facebook page at Whispers of Charleston : https://www.facebook.com/share/1Kwy2wNjtH/  Follow the Instagram page : https://www.instagram.com/whispers_of_charleston?utm_source=qr&igsh=MXY2dnNma3NycHF0ZQ==  Come Join the Facebook Group : https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1HTUeeqqK4/  Subscribe, Like, and Share the videos: www.youtube.com/@WhispersofCharleston  Join the Patreon Family : https://patreon.com/CharlestonWhispers?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink   

Hey guys happy 4th of July and Happy 250th Birthday America. I'll have episodes out hopefully tomorrow

Here come the English.  The English have alot more influence on Charleston than people may think. Alot of Georgian and Carolinian taste are simular, from furniture, to silver, to elegant pieces, to clothing, portraits, newspapers, gambling, spirits, and religion. Even though these English moved to the new world, the people still had vested interest in England. 

Today were talking about the Immigrants that came to Charleston and called Charleston home. Some fled to get away from Louis XIV because of religious reasons, others came over to start fresh. Over the next few episodes were gonna talk about those different immigrants that found their way to Charles Town and made it home, and how that helped Charleston become what it is today. 

Joseph Purcell laid out Mazyckborough for Alexander Mazyck in 1786. it was bounded by Chapel, Elizabeth and Calhoun streets and the Cooper River. Beginning in 1766 Christopher Gadsen and the Mechanicks party who called themselves the 'Sons of Liberty' met under the live oak tree many times to oppose the policies of Great Britain toward the colonies. The British cut down the oak tree to prevent it becoming a Patriot Shrine.  Mazyck Lands this area bounded generally by the present day streets of Broad, Legare, Queen, Archdale, Beaufain and Smith, was granted to James Moore in 1698 and conveyed by the trustees of his will to Isaac Mazyck in 1712. In 1742 the Mazyck Lands were partitioned amoung the heirs of Isaac Mazyck and lots were surveyed and offered for sale.    Come Join the Facebook page at Whispers of Charleston : https://www.facebook.com/share/1Kwy2wNjtH/  Follow the Instagram page : https://www.instagram.com/whispers_of_charleston?utm_source=qr&igsh=MXY2dnNma3NycHF0ZQ==  Come Join the Facebook Group : https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1HTUeeqqK4/  Subscribe, Like, and Share the videos: www.youtube.com/@WhispersofCharleston  Join the Patreon Family : https://patreon.com/CharlestonWhispers?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink   

The Village of Harleston also frequently called Harlestons Green, more rarely Harlestonborough, and more recently Harleston Village, was originally part of a grant made to John Coming and Henry Hughes in 1671. After the death of Coming and his Wife Mrs. Affra Coming, it was inherited by Mrs. Comings Nephew, John Harleston. Streets in the village of Harleston were names for prominent men of the period, in England and the Province. The Royal Governor, LOrd Charles Greville Montagu, along with Lt. Gov. William Bull; Hector Beranger de Beaufain, Collector of Customs and member of Parliament who defended Colonial rights, as well as John Rutledge, Thomas Lynch and Christopher Gadsden who were active in the Provincial Government and later leaders in the American revolution all were commemorated.      Come Join the Facebook page at Whispers of Charleston : https://www.facebook.com/share/1Kwy2wNjtH/  Follow the Instagram page : https://www.instagram.com/whispers_of_charleston?utm_source=qr&igsh=MXY2dnNma3NycHF0ZQ==  Come Join the Facebook Group : https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1HTUeeqqK4/  Subscribe, Like, and Share the videos: www.youtube.com/@WhispersofCharleston  Join the Patreon Family : https://patreon.com/CharlestonWhispers?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink 

Hampstead was laid out for Henry Laurens in 1789. a plan of the suburbs shows 130 lots, Hampstead was bounded to the west by meeting Street, South by woolfe and South streets, north by line and blake streets and east by bay Street.  Islington was developed around 1800 at the west end of cannon Street near the present Ashley River bridges. it was named for the town of Islington England.  Laurens square now part of ansonborough this area bounded today by Laurens, Anson, and Society streets and the cooper river was called Rattrays Green.     Come Join the Facebook page at Whispers of Charleston : https://www.facebook.com/share/1Kwy2wNjtH/  Follow the Instagram page : https://www.instagram.com/whispers_of_charleston?utm_source=qr&igsh=MXY2dnNma3NycHF0ZQ==  Come Join the Facebook Group : https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1HTUeeqqK4/  Subscribe, Like, and Share the videos: www.youtube.com/@WhispersofCharleston  Join the Patreon Family : https://patreon.com/CharlestonWhispers?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink 

Mrs. Affray Coming in 1698 made a deed of gift of 17 acres of land to the minister of the church of England in Charles Town and his successors in office. Glebe Lnd in English eccliastical law meaning a glebe is any land belonging to or yielding revenue to a parish church or to a church benefice such as a rectory. St Philips parsonage wasd built on the glebe lands at some point. Rev Alexander Garden who arrived Charles Town in 1719 was the rector of St Philips. In 1744 with contributions from the local people and from the society for the propagation do the gospel of Londen, Commissary Garden established a school fro black and Indian children. in 1770 act of the assembly authorized the opening of streets through the glebe lands and through Harleston village.  The Glebe Land were divided in 1770 between St philips and St Michaels church's. in 1797 the parsonage lot at Wentworth and St philip streets were subdivided into 14 lots and blebe Street was cut through the block from wentworth to george Street.    Come Join the Facebook page at Whispers of Charleston : https://www.facebook.com/share/1Kwy2wNjtH/  Follow the Instagram page : https://www.instagram.com/whispers_of_charleston?utm_source=qr&igsh=MXY2dnNma3NycHF0ZQ==  Come Join the Facebook Group : https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1HTUeeqqK4/  Subscribe, Like, and Share the videos: www.youtube.com/@WhispersofCharleston  Join the Patreon Family : https://patreon.com/CharlestonWhispers?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink 

Daniel Fairchild was a brick and lumber factor who built this three story frame house dwelling on the site of present day 79 Ashley Avenue. Daniel decided to move the frame when he decided to build a bigger house. the house stayed in the family until 1908. between 1842 and 1850 Fairchild built a three story stuccoed brick house in the Greek revival style Come Join the Facebook page at Whispers of Charleston : https://www.facebook.com/share/1Kwy2wNjtH/  Follow the Instagram page : https://www.instagram.com/whispers_of_charleston?utm_source=qr&igsh=MXY2dnNma3NycHF0ZQ==  Come Join the Facebook Group : https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1HTUeeqqK4/  Subscribe, Like, and Share the videos: www.youtube.com/@WhispersofCharleston  Join the Patreon Family : https://patreon.com/CharlestonWhispers?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink   

Today we're stopping Infront of two different homes. The First one is gonna be 55 Ashley Avenue with is the Baker Hospital Building, this hospital cost 100,000 to build and the hospital was founded by Dr. Archibald E. Baker Sr or Charleston and Dr. Lawrence Craig of Dillon who specializes in surgery and obstetric Medicine. The our second stop is 61 Ashley Avenue the Richard Peyton House, this small stuccoed brick single house was built by merchant Richard H Peyton. the home was intended as the rear portion of a marger home which was never built.  Come Join the Facebook page at Whispers of Charleston : https://www.facebook.com/share/1Kwy2wNjtH/  Follow the Instagram page : https://www.instagram.com/whispers_of_charleston?utm_source=qr&igsh=MXY2dnNma3NycHF0ZQ==  Come Join the Facebook Group : https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1HTUeeqqK4/  Subscribe, Like, and Share the videos: www.youtube.com/@WhispersofCharleston  Join the Patreon Family : https://patreon.com/CharlestonWhispers?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink   

Were off to Ashley Avenue. Ashley Avenue has had a lot of previous names and streets, that became Ashley Avenue. Ashley Avenue was first laid out in Harleston Village as Lynch Street, named for Thomas Lynch in 1770. In 1897 was when Ashley Avenue was applied to the length of the street. Come Join the Facebook page at Whispers of Charleston : https://www.facebook.com/share/1Kwy2wNjtH/  Follow the Instagram page : https://www.instagram.com/whispers_of_charleston?utm_source=qr&igsh=MXY2dnNma3NycHF0ZQ==  Come Join the Facebook Group : https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1HTUeeqqK4/  Subscribe, Like, and Share the videos: www.youtube.com/@WhispersofCharleston  Join the Patreon Family : https://patreon.com/CharlestonWhispers?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink 

Today we come to an end at Archdale Street. Were making our final stop at 49 Archdale Street at the Darby Building. John Darby built this house around the early 1800s, he was a silver and gold Smith and later became a grocer. Some of the houses on Archdale and Beaufain Streets were demolished to help extend Market Street, so unfortanly this home was and its new addition on its South side isolated on a small triangle of land.    Come Join the Facebook page at Whispers of Charleston : https://www.facebook.com/share/1Kwy2wNjtH/  Follow the Instagram page : https://www.instagram.com/whispers_of_charleston?utm_source=qr&igsh=MXY2dnNma3NycHF0ZQ==  Come Join the Facebook Group : https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1HTUeeqqK4/  Subscribe, Like, and Share the videos: www.youtube.com/@WhispersofCharleston  Join the Patreon Family : https://patreon.com/CharlestonWhispers?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink   

Today were at 40 Archdale street to talk about John Henry Bulwinkle and his three story building. At one point it was a "Blind Tiger" during prohibition. A Saloon and A grocery story did occupy some of the building. in the 1920s a billiard parlor operated in the building. this building as recevied a Carolopolis award from the presercation society of Charleston. Come Join the Facebook page at Whispers of Charleston : https://www.facebook.com/share/1Kwy2wNjtH/ Follow the Instagram page : https://www.instagram.com/whispers_of_charleston?utm_source=qr&igsh=MXY2dnNma3NycHF0ZQ== Come Join the Facebook Group : https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1HTUeeqqK4/ Subscribe, Like, and Share the videos: www.youtube.com/@WhispersofCharleston Join the Patreon Family : https://patreon.com/CharlestonWhispers?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink

Today were stopping at Jacob Francis House, Jacob was a mariner from austria who made Charleston home and during the Civil war ran supplies during the civil was to the union blockade. His home was recognized with a carolopolis during the latter part of the 19th century. Come Join the Facebook page at Whispers of Charleston : https://www.facebook.com/share/1Kwy2wNjtH/  Follow the Instagram page : https://www.instagram.com/whispers_of_charleston?utm_source=qr&igsh=MXY2dnNma3NycHF0ZQ==  Come Join the Facebook Group : https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1HTUeeqqK4/  Subscribe, Like, and Share the videos: www.youtube.com/@WhispersofCharleston  Join the Patreon Family : https://patreon.com/CharlestonWhispers?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink

Today were gonna visit the French Quarter and walk around and see the buildings and talk about the people who have made this area home. Well talk about the French inhabitants and their influences in the area, as well as the Germans and the italians.    Come Join the Facebook page at Whispers of Charleston : https://www.facebook.com/share/1Kwy2wNjtH/  Follow the Instagram page : https://www.instagram.com/whispers_of_charleston?utm_source=qr&igsh=MXY2dnNma3NycHF0ZQ==  Come Join the Facebook Group : https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1HTUeeqqK4/  Subscribe, Like, and Share the videos: www.youtube.com/@WhispersofCharleston  Join the Patreon Family : https://patreon.com/CharlestonWhispers?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink   

Today were off to 21 and 23 Archdale Street were we will talk about Samuel Wilson and the two homes he lived in on Archdale Street. Dr. Wilson acquired the land though his marriage to Catherine Marian Mazyck. Wilson built 23 Archdale while living in 21 Archdale, Etienne Poincignon had purchased the houses, Mr. Poincignon was a wealthy immigrant from the French West Indies. Both homes were built with Charleston Grey Brick laid in Flemish bond pattern and both have fine Adamesue interiors. Come Join the Facebook page at Whispers of Charleston : https://www.facebook.com/share/1Kwy2wNjtH/  Follow the Instagram page : https://www.instagram.com/whispers_of_charleston?utm_source=qr&igsh=MXY2dnNma3NycHF0ZQ==  Come Join the Facebook Group : https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1HTUeeqqK4/  Subscribe, Like, and Share the videos: www.youtube.com/@WhispersofCharleston  Join the Patreon Family : https://patreon.com/CharlestonWhispers?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink   

Hey guys sorry for the short break, its been a crazy few days. But I promise I will be back in a day or two. Thank y'all for hanging tight with me, y'all are awesome. 

Today we stop at 16 and 19 Archdale Street to talk about these beautiful homes. 16 Archdale was built by Henry Viohl a German grocer. and 19 Archdale was the home of Phillip Porcher who was a Patriot at the beginning of the Revolution and help the Government of South Carolina. 

Today were going to talk about Elliott Land and the Elliott Family, and were also going to talk about Free School Lands and how the land changed hands and what was expected from this property. 

Today were off to Colleton Square to learn about Sir Peter Colleton and his Grandson. Well also discover what happens around the Square and what buildings made their appearances. Come Join the Facebook page at Whispers of Charleston : https://www.facebook.com/share/1Kwy2wNjtH/  Follow the Instagram page : https://www.instagram.com/whispers_of_charleston?utm_source=qr&igsh=MXY2dnNma3NycHF0ZQ==  Come Join the Facebook Group : https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1HTUeeqqK4/  Subscribe, Like, and Share the videos: www.youtube.com/@WhispersofCharleston  Join the Patreon Family : https://patreon.com/CharlestonWhispers?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink 

Come join me as we dive into black magic. Today were gonna talk about Hydrick Carl Ryngo. Mr. Ryngo was a mysterious man, but he wanted to help people, sure they were alive, and sure he was a grave robber. But all Hydrick wanted in life was the love of one women, Angelic Legare. The only problem with that was, she was already dead. As Hydrick went on a mission to get his love, some terrible things happened along the way. Come Join me as we walk the cemeteries and the allys watching what this mystery man is doing. Come Join the Facebook page at Whispers of Charleston : https://www.facebook.com/share/1Kwy2wNjtH/  Follow the Instagram page : https://www.instagram.com/whispers_of_charleston?utm_source=qr&igsh=MXY2dnNma3NycHF0ZQ==  Come Join the Facebook Group : https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1HTUeeqqK4/  Subscribe, Like, and Share the videos: www.youtube.com/@WhispersofCharleston  Join the Patreon Family : https://patreon.com/CharlestonWhispers?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink 

Today were going to stop at a very historical and important Church, the St Johns Lutheran Church at 10 Archdale Street. This German Friendly Society was founded in 1766 by members of the congregation to assist new immigrants and to give aid to the windows and ophans. German architect Frederick Wesner was the one who designed this church and Abraham P Reeves did the iron work. Dr. John Bachman was the heart and soul behind this church and made sure everyone and anyone who wanted attend the church. in 1860 the black communicant membership of St Johns had grown to 200 members with a black Sunday school of 150 pupils. St. Johns was the first Charleston Church to reopen following the Civil War. this church as faced some major hits due to Mother Nature but never gave up. Come Join the Facebook page at Whispers of Charleston : https://www.facebook.com/share/1Kwy2wNjtH/  Follow the Instagram page : https://www.instagram.com/whispers_of_charleston?utm_source=qr&igsh=MXY2dnNma3NycHF0ZQ==  Come Join the Facebook Group : https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1HTUeeqqK4/  Subscribe, Like, and Share the videos: www.youtube.com/@WhispersofCharleston  Join the Patreon Family : https://patreon.com/CharlestonWhispers?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink 

Were off to the Suburb of Cannonborough to talk about Daniel Cannon and how he helped Cannonborough come to be. There are a lot of streets that go threw this suburb of Cannonborough so you might wanna take notes. Come Join the Facebook page at Whispers of Charleston : https://www.facebook.com/share/1Kwy2wNjtH/  Follow the Instagram page : https://www.instagram.com/whispers_of_charleston?utm_source=qr&igsh=MXY2dnNma3NycHF0ZQ==  Come Join the Facebook Group : https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1HTUeeqqK4/  Subscribe, Like, and Share the videos: www.youtube.com/@WhispersofCharleston  Join the Patreon Family : https://patreon.com/CharlestonWhispers?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink 

Today we stop at one of the many Churches we have here in the Holy City. At 6 Archdale Street The Unitarian Universalist Church in the middle of being built when it came to a pause do to the American Revolution. Many Pastors served at this church, as well as many people had their hands in building this beautiful church. It has been through earthquakes, hurricanes and a war. This church was reconstructed to fix inside and outside damages. In 2005 the Church received a Carolopolis Award from the preservation Society of Charleston. Dr. Samuel Gilman and his wife are buried in the churchyard. The Gilmans have a very important and productive rule with the church. Come Join the Facebook page at Whispers of Charleston : https://www.facebook.com/share/1Kwy2wNjtH/  Follow the Instagram page : https://www.instagram.com/whispers_of_charleston?utm_source=qr&igsh=MXY2dnNma3NycHF0ZQ==  Come Join the Facebook Group : https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1HTUeeqqK4/  Subscribe, Like, and Share the videos: www.youtube.com/@WhispersofCharleston  Join the Patreon Family : https://patreon.com/CharlestonWhispers?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink 

As we over look the Ansonborough suburb and this being Charles Towns first Suburb. Well talk about George Anson and his life achievements and what he did for Charles Town. Well also talk about Mazyck and Gadsden and the rolls they played with George Anson to make Charles Town and Ansonborough so great and successful. Come Join the Facebook page at Whispers of Charleston : https://www.facebook.com/share/1Kwy2wNjtH/  Follow the Instagram page : https://www.instagram.com/whispers_of_charleston?utm_source=qr&igsh=MXY2dnNma3NycHF0ZQ==  Come Join the Facebook Group : https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1HTUeeqqK4/  Subscribe, Like, and Share the videos: www.youtube.com/@WhispersofCharleston  Join the Patreon Family : https://patreon.com/CharlestonWhispers?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink 

Our first stop on Archdale Street is gonna be 3 and 4 Archdale. At 3 Archdale Mrs. Fullerton built this building as an outbuilding to her home which faced Queen Street and the main house was destroyed in the great fire of 1861, the this brick kitchen survived. Then off to 4 Archdale Street Gage Hall was a 2 story brick Victorian building that had rusticated stone entry that was presented to the Unitarian Church by Alva Gage.   Come Join the Facebook page at Whispers of Charleston : https://www.facebook.com/share/1Kwy2wNjtH/  Follow the Instagram page : https://www.instagram.com/whispers_of_charleston?utm_source=qr&igsh=MXY2dnNma3NycHF0ZQ==  Come Join the Facebook Group : https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1HTUeeqqK4/  Subscribe, Like, and Share the videos: www.youtube.com/@WhispersofCharleston  Join the Patreon Family : https://patreon.com/CharlestonWhispers?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink 

Welcome to Archdale Street. A little History about Archdale, the Street was named after John Archdale who was a Quaker who was Governor of the Provinve of Carolina. Archdale is in the Red Light District which was the Brothel District. Many German settlers were among the streets early residents. Come Join the Facebook page at Whispers of Charleston : https://www.facebook.com/share/1Kwy2wNjtH/  Follow the Instagram page : https://www.instagram.com/whispers_of_charleston?utm_source=qr&igsh=MXY2dnNma3NycHF0ZQ==  Come Join the Facebook Group : https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1HTUeeqqK4/  Subscribe, Like, and Share the videos: www.youtube.com/@WhispersofCharleston  Join the Patreon Family : https://patreon.com/CharlestonWhispers?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink 

ARGHHHH yer matey. Come walk the plank with me as we talk about the Pirates that influenced and tourtered the Carolina Shores. Well be talking about Blackbeard, Sted Bonnet, Anne Bonny, and Mary Reed. Well talk about how these 4 buccaneers either made Charleston home or visited Charleston shores. At one point Bonnet and Blackbeard joined together to take over Charlestons harbour to get drugs, and then dive into how Bonnet made White Point Garden his final resting spot against his wills. Well also talk about Anne Bonny and how she was never seen again after her trial and got out of being hung and may have possibly made her finally home at the Pink House. Come Join the Facebook page at Whispers of Charleston : https://www.facebook.com/share/1Kwy2wNjtH/  Follow the Instagram page : https://www.instagram.com/whispers_of_charleston?utm_source=qr&igsh=MXY2dnNma3NycHF0ZQ==  Come Join the Facebook Group : https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1HTUeeqqK4/  Subscribe, Like, and Share the videos: www.youtube.com/@WhispersofCharleston  Join the Patreon Family : https://patreon.com/CharlestonWhispers?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink 

Were at our last stop of Anson Street. Today were talking about 89 to 93 Anson Street St Johns Reformed Episcopal Church and St Josephs Rectory and Philip Simmions Garden. We talk about how the Episcopal Church first served as Anson Street Chapel for African American Presbyterians and then switched to St Josephs Roman Cathoic Church for the Irish. Well also talk about Philip Simmons and his Iron Work in the city. Come Join the Facebook page at Whispers of Charleston : https://www.facebook.com/share/1Kwy2wNjtH/  Follow the Instagram page : https://www.instagram.com/whispers_of_charleston?utm_source=qr&igsh=MXY2dnNma3NycHF0ZQ==  Come Join the Facebook Group : https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1HTUeeqqK4/  Subscribe, Like, and Share the videos: www.youtube.com/@WhispersofCharleston  Join the Patreon Family : https://patreon.com/CharlestonWhispers?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink