The Barbadian Connection

107 and 113 Ashley Avenue

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: [https://www.facebook.com/share/1Kwy2wNjtH/]//www.facebook.com/share/1Kwy2wNjtH/ [https://www.facebook.com/share/1Kwy2wNjtH/]  Follow the Instagram page : https://www.instagram.com/whispers_of_charleston?utm_source=qr&igsh=MXY2dnNma3NycHF0ZQ== [https://www.instagram.com/whispers_of_charleston?utm_source=qr&igsh=MXY2dnNma3NycHF0ZQ==]  Come Join the Facebook Group : https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1HTUeeqqK4/ [https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1HTUeeqqK4/]  Subscribe, Like, and Share the videos: www.youtube.com/@WhispersofCharleston [http://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 [https://patreon.com/CharlestonWhispers?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink]

96 Ashley Avenue

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: [https://www.facebook.com/share/1Kwy2wNjtH/]//www.facebook.com/share/1Kwy2wNjtH/ [https://www.facebook.com/share/1Kwy2wNjtH/]  Follow the Instagram page : https://www.instagram.com/whispers_of_charleston?utm_source=qr&igsh=MXY2dnNma3NycHF0ZQ== [https://www.instagram.com/whispers_of_charleston?utm_source=qr&igsh=MXY2dnNma3NycHF0ZQ==]  Come Join the Facebook Group : https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1HTUeeqqK4/ [https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1HTUeeqqK4/]  Subscribe, Like, and Share the videos: www.youtube.com/@WhispersofCharleston [http://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 [https://patreon.com/CharlestonWhispers?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink]

91 and 95 Ashley Avenue

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 and 90 Ashley Avenue

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.

Greeks in Charleston

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.