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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1670/00/00
1678/05/18 Thomas Drayton, the Founder Owner Thomas Drayton in Barbados secures warrants and a grant either directly to himself, or, by right of his father for land somewhere in the Province of Carolina.
1865/00/00 Rev John Grimke Drayton Seller In 1869 or 1870, Rev Drayton sells 1408 acres L-shaped portion of Magnolia Plantation, on the south side of the Ashley River Road to Charleston Mining and Manufacturing Company for phosphate mining.

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Particulars for Ashley River Historic District:
Area of Significance Agriculture
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Criteria Exemplar
Structure Type Fortification
Landscape Architecture Garden
Architectural Style Georgian Architecture
Sight Category Historic District
Architectural Style Italianate
Historic Use Natural Feature
Traditional Building Type Post Medieval English
Owner Private
Historic Use Road-related
Historic Use Single dwelling
Owner State
Area of Significance Transportation
Historic Use Village site



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 12th September 1994

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Ashley River Historic District
Registry Address: Roughly, along the Ashley R. from just E of SC 165 to the Seaboard Coast Line RR bridge
Registry Number: 93001514
Resource Type: District
Owner: Private, State
Architectural Style: Georgian, Other, Italianate
Attribute: Postmedieval English
Area in Acres: 7000
Contributing Buildings: 14
Non-Contributing Buildings: 68
Contributing Sites: 28
Contributing Structures: 1
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: State
Area of Significance: Architecture, Agriculture, Transportation
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1650-1699, 1700-1749, 1750-1799, 1800-1824, 1825-1849, 1850-1874, 1875-1899, 1900-1924, 1925-1949
Significant Year: 1670, 1865
Historic Function: Transportation, Landscape, Domestic, Defense
Historic Sub-Function: Garden, Single dwelling, Fortification, Road-related, Natural feature, Village site
Current Function: Recreation and Culture, Transportation, Landscape, Domestic
Current Sub-Function: Natural feature Museum Outdoor recreation Single dwelling Road-related Rail-related

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