“The RH Herald reported on Feb. 24, 1881 – “Contained a letter for investors who are working for the erection of a cotton factory at Landsford. The men include: Capt. Allen Jones and Dr. T.C. Robertson both of Rock Hill are part of a group also Col. W.R. Davie of Landsford and Col. Edward McCrady of Charleston, S.C. The waterpower at Landsford is considered the best in the state. The fall there is 35 ft in 2,500 yrds. The country surrounding Landsford is level and fertile and could produce thousands of bales of cotton. The men propose raising a two story factory according to plans in the offices of Jones and Robertson.”
City Directories and History: EDWARD MCCRADY HOUSE
Constructed circa 1848
“One of Charleston’s most prominent nineteenth-century citizens, Edward McCrady, a Yale graduate and descendant of an eighteenth-century tavern owner, erected this flat-roofed brick house as his residence. Although McCrady originally opposed the Nullification Doctrine, by 1 850 he became a follower of states’ rights views, and he eventually signed the Ordinance of Secession in 1860. He is best known for defending black soldiers captured in the war and as a prominent Episcopal layman. One of his sons became chairman of the zoology department at Harvard University, while the other became president of the College of Charleston and a leading historian of South Carolina. Set back from the street, the house lost its nineteenth-century parterre in the 1960s.”
Information from: The Buildings of Charleston – J.H. Poston for the Historic Charleston Foundation, 1997
Other sources of interest: Charleston Tax Payers of Charleston, SC in 1860-61 and the Dwelling Houses of Charleston by Alice R.H. Smith – 1917 The HCF may also have additional data at: Past Perfect and further research can be uncovered at: Charleston 1861 Census Schedule or The Charleston City Guide of 1872
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“Greek Revival single house built after the 1838 fire by Edward McCrady, Signer of the Ordinance of Secession, U.S. District Attorney & S.C. legislator.” (Greene, SCHS) – CCPL
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