City Directories and History: 1908 – P. G. McCorkle, 1940 – Ethel M. McFadden, 1958 – Ethel M. McFadden, 1978 – No listing
The house that crowned the hill on West End was the home of the Reverend John Douglas. Mr. Douglas married on June 1, 1837, Miss Frances C. Merchant, I think of Charleston. We can presume that it was about this time that he erected on a twelve acre lot the unusual house that stands today at #141 West End. At that time there were eight rooms and two halls. There was a back stair from the back piazza to the upper floor and their was a roomy attic, reached by a comfortable stair. Mr. Douglas and perhaps his wife were great lovers of flowers. They planted the most beautifully laid off garden that ever appeared in Chester. The beds, in geometrical design, were bordered with dwarf box, while an octagonal summer house was built with a large boxwood at each pillar which grew to be many feet tall. Near the front door on the right side of the walk there was an unusual evergreen now much taller than the house and quite outspreading. On the opposite side was a tall low-spreading magnolia. Holly trees and Osage orange hedges lent dignity and privacy to the front garden, which was enclose by a high picket fence. In the rear were huge oak and hickory trees for comfort giving share and a vegetable garden, a vineyard, and an extensive orchard. This property was bough by John A. Reedy on November 4, 1846, for $3,800. It was bought from John A. Reedy by Mrs. Rudolph Brandt, but since June, 1908, it has been the home of Mrs. S.E. McFadden and family. Old Homes of Chester, SC – Mrs. John G. White
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