A National Register Property
City Directories and History: (John C. Heslep House) The house at 303 Saluda Avenue is a significant example of the Spanish Colonial Revival style of architecture, a style that flourished in the southern United States from 1915 to 1935. The house was built ca. 1917 as a two-story brick residence. John C. Heslep, the contractor who built the old Richland County Courthouse and the Columbia Township Auditorium, drastically remodeled and rebuilt the house for himself in 1927-1928. Heslep gutted the building and, with the assistance of Columbia stone worker George Marquardt, rebuilt it in the Spanish Colonial style. The house has the low-pitched tile roof, the coarse stucco walls, the cast iron balconies, the wooden lookout rafters in the eaves, the asymmetrical composition, and the elaborate entrances associated with the Spanish Colonial Revival. The stonework by Marquardt, especially the entrance, the two carved mantelpieces, and the dining room arcade, is of exceptional quality. A one-story guesthouse is the only outbuilding. Listed in the National Register May 24, 1982. [Courtesy of the SC Dept. of Archives and History]
Charles H. Barron: attorney; born at Columbia, S. C., September 16, 1880; son of Jacob T. and Floride Calhoun (Rion) Barron; attended Columbia City schools, University of S. C., graduate of in law, 1901; admitted to bar, starting practice of law in offices of Barron, Barron & Ray, becoming leading member of firm after father’s death in 1910, appointed Assistant Attorney General to fill unexpired term, 1906, organized Carolina Bond and Mortgage Co. and now president of same, attorney for American Export and Import Corporation, Liberty National Bank, Division Counsel for Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, counsel for American Railway Express Co., counsel for Pullman Co.; during World War State chairman for Victory Liberty Loan campaign; married Eliza Singleton, Columbia, S. C., April 23, 1907; member of Masons, Shriners. Home, Columbia, S. C. Courtesy of Who’s Who in S.C. – 1921
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