City Directories and History: GEORGE CHISOLM HOUSE
Constructed circa 1810; various twentieth-century renovations
“Built by George Chisolm on the footage of two Grand Modell lots, this structure, including the former kitchen dependency, follows the bend in the peninsula and thus allows harbor views from every window. The Federal style wooden dwelling in an L-shape presents a two-story, five-bay front facade with a pediment and lunette window projecting from the hip roof. A street doorway formerly accessed the northeast room from East Bay Street. The double-tiered side piazzas follow the shape of the building and provide access to the principal entry architrave with its elliptical fanlight. The Frost family, who acquired the property in 1877, eventually purchased the lot to the south, demolishing an early nine teenrh-ccntury single house to provide a site for formal and informal gardens, which were designed by landscape architect Loutrel Briggs in the 1930s.”
The Buildings of Charleston – J.H. Poston for the Historic Charleston Foundation, 1997
The George Chisolm House was built c. 1810 and is a two and one-half story frame dwelling on a raised basement. The entrance was formerly in the far right bay of the front. Tiffany gold leaf ornamentation in the drawing room, c. 1905, was removed c. 1970. The garden was designed by Loutrel Briggs. (Whitelaw & Levkoff, p.62; Leland, DYKYC, Feb. 20, 1961; Stoney, This is Charleston, p.38.) Courtesy of the Charleston Co Library
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