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Table of Contents
Executive Letter
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Board of Trustees
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Mission
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The Changing Landscape of
Preservation
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The Year in Review
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Acquisitions and Collections
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2013 Donors
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2013 Committees
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2012 Financial Statement
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Contacts and Locations
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Dear Friends,
The core of Historic Charleston Foundation’s mission is the preservation and protection of Charleston’s
architecture, history and culture for the future. It is the sense of place that differentiates Charleston from
other cities and regions—and the Foundation’s mission has consistently driven positive transformation.
The ever changing landscape of the Lowcountry presents us with numerous opportunities. As always,
we advocate for best preservation practices and for excellence in design and in building materials while
striving for a positive approach in planning for an optimal future.
The year 2013 was filled with creativity as we completed our strategic planning and
visionary process and focused on engaging more with the broader community. The
Foundation’s vision is focused on accomplishing our goals through strong educational
programming, community collaboration and our involvement in the dynamic growth
of our region. Highlights from 2013 include:
• The adoption of a new and exciting strategic plan.
• The creation of a soft furnishings plan for the Nathaniel Russell House Museum.
• The creation of an economical and technically feasible digital rendering
plan for the Aiken-Rhett House Museum.
• The ability to support the community with many thanks to a generous estate
gift, with a $50,000 contribution in support of the Angel Oak Preserve and a
contribution of $25,000 to the Charleston Parks Conservancy for the renovation
of Colonial Lake.
Anne F. Smith
Charleston is the dynamic backdrop to residents’ lives and also to the visitors’ experience, and its preservation is critical to the livability and future of Charleston. To all of our
constituents, we offer an enormous debt of thanks for your continued generosity and loyal
support. Your allegiance to Historic Charleston Foundation indicates a willingness to be a
part of the positive changes ahead for our city and its historic environs. You are essential to
the Foundation’s success and more importantly, the entire Lowcountry, and for that we are
most grateful.
It is an honor to recognize you and thank you, our invaluable supporters,
for the integral part you play in accomplishing our preservation mission.
Katharine S. Robinson
Sincerely,
Anne F. Smith
Chair, Board of Trustees (2013)
Katharine S. Robinson
President & CEO
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(L-R) front row: Anne F. Smith, Susan P. Parsell, Park B. Smith Jr., Susan T. Friberg, Charlotte Mc. Williams, Jill F. Almeida. second row: William S.
Cogswell Jr., W. Crayton Walters III, Zoë L. Ryan, Monica M. Seeger, Claire B. Allen, Virginia D. Lane. third row: Anne H. Blessing, Laura D. Gates,
Rhetta A. Mendelsohn. Fourth row: W. Foster Gaillard, Shannon W. Ravenel, Katharine S. Robinson, John P. Barnwell, David B. Hoffman, D. Van
Smith Jr., G. Thomas Finnegan III, Douglas B. Lee, Madeleine S. McGee (2012), David Maybank III. not pictured: Wilbur E. Johnson, Robert L.
Clement III, Sarah L. Donnem, Helen L. Geer, Tara P. Guerard, Wilbur E. Johnson, Barry Kalinsky
2013 BOARD OF TRUSTEES of Historic Charleston Foundation
OFFICERS
Chair, Anne F. Smith
Vice Chair, W. Foster Gaillard
Secretary, Wilbur E. Johnson
Treasurer, Park B. Smith Jr.
TRUSTEES
Claire B. Allen
Jill F. Almeida
John P. Barnwell
Anne H. Blessing
Robert L. Clement III
William S. Cogswell Jr.
Sarah L. Donnem
G. Thomas Finnegan III
Susan T. Friberg
Laura D. Gates
Helen L. Geer
Tara P. Guerard
David B. Hoffman
Wilbur E. Johnson
Barry Kalinsky
Virginia D. Lane
Douglas B. Lee
David Maybank III
Rhetta A. Mendelsohn
Susan P. Parsell
ACTIVE AND PAST PRESIDENTS
Shannon W. Ravenel
Zoë L. Ryan
Monica M. Seeger
D. Van Smith Jr.
W. Crayton Walters III
Charlotte Mc. Williams
PRESIDENT and CEO
Katharine S. Robinson
Susan P. Parsell
W.E. Applegate III
Frank W. Brumley
T. Heyward Carter Jr.
Jane P. deButts
Benjamin A. Hagood
Joseph H. McGee
Harold R. Pratt-Thomas Jr.
Richard W. Salmons Jr.
Bachman S. Smith III
Thomas E. Thornhilll
Bradish J. Waring
John H. Warren III
J. Rutledge Young Jr.
2013 DEPARTMENT HEADS
Director of Finance, Cynthia L. Ellis
Chief Preservation Officer, Winslow W. Hastie
Director of Retail, Richard Gaskalla
Executive Assistant, Cheryl Steadman (through Sept.)
Director of Marketing & Communications,
Melissa D. Nelson
Executive Assistant, Winnie Deshong (present)
Director of Philanthropy, Sandy Morckel
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Mission
Established in 1947, Historic Charleston Foundation is dedicated to preserving and
protecting the architectural, historical and cultural character of Charleston and its
Lowcountry environs, and to educating the public about Charleston’s history and the
benefits that are derived from preservation.
THE FOUNDATION DELIVERS ITS MISSION THROUGH:
v active advocacy and participation in community planning.
v the generosity of preservation-minded donors.
v enhancing public awareness and support of preservation through education
programs and heritage tours.
v conservation and long-term preservation of historically significant properties
through purchase and resale, acquisition and rehabilitation, easements, covenants
and interpretation.
v rehabilitating historic neighborhoods and protecting quality of life for residents.
v interpreting museum properties and objects of historical significance.
v providing technical assistance to preservation efforts.
v identifying objects with a strong association to Charleston and adapting them for
educational purposes and reproduction.
v documenting Charleston’s architectural heritage.
v encouraging the study and publication of historical, archaeological and architectural
research.
v maintaining financial and organizational independence.
v the Foundation’s earned-income programs, including the annual spring Festival of
Houses and Gardens, the Charleston Antiques Show, licensed products program,
and retail shops.
v the interpretation of its collections and two museum sites:
the Nathaniel Russell House, c. 1808, and the Aiken-Rhett House, c. 1820.
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The Changing Landscape of Preservation
by Winslow Hastie ChiefPreservationOfficer
There is no question that the city of Charleston—and the
broader region—is currently experiencing a development boom.
zoning in historic district neighborhoods in order to ensure that
zoning reinforces the historic character. At the same time, we
The city continues to gain accolades from the travel, tourism, culinary and business industries. This national and international attention has attracted newcomers to Charleston as a cosmopolitan
are focused on pro-actively encouraging growth in areas of the
peninsula just outside the historic districts that need investment
and are ripe for quality infill development. These underutilized
areas can serve as a “release valve” for the development pressure
place to live, work and visit. Within the community this influx has
generated oft-repeated questions, such as:
•Howdowemaintainthedelicatebalancebetween
thequalityoflifeforresidentsandallthis
economicgrowth?
•Howdowemakesurewedon’t“killthegoose
thatlaysthegoldenegg”throughover-visitation
andrampantdevelopment?
•Cananevolvingcityprotectitshistoricfabric
anditsincrediblelivabilitywhileatthesame
timeembracingthisrapidchange?
These legitimate questions deserve serious
study and action.
As a movement, historic preservation has become multidis-
ciplinary and sophisticated. No longer just fighting over individual landmarks, the preservation community now finds itself at a
critical nexus between city planning, urban design, economic development, sustainability and smart growth. Historic Charleston
Foundation has been at the center of this dialogue in the community. Recently, the Foundation has been studying amending
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that tends to concentrate on the more restrictive areas downtown.
Growth is crucial, but it needs to be channeled properly.
Cities must remain competitive in attracting new companies, young professionals, and mixed uses that are in close proximity to the urban center; but this does not have to be achieved at
the expense of the historic character of the city. Most cities have
transitional zones on the edges of downtown that lack character,
but have infrastructure, where appropriate new infill development should occur. On the flip side, however, the growth should
not happen at the expense of our rural edges. The character of important cultural landscapes at the fringes of the city—fragile areas
like John’s Island and Cainhoy-- need to be preserved. Proximity
to beautiful, open Lowcountry landscapes, waterways, and fertile
farmland is critical to our quality of life.
Through collaborative partnerships and new constituencies, we need to re-shape how historic preservation can serve as a
progressive frame of reference for a smart future. Can Charleston
evolve and adapt and still be true to its roots? The answer is a resounding “yes”, but it is going to take a lot of work. Out of the 381
metropolitan areas in the United States, Charleston is ranked 12th
for growth. Growing industries are creating nearly 13,000 new
jobs in the region over the next few years, and soon, we will have
over 5,000 hotel rooms in the downtown historic district alone.
Throughout 2013, the staff and leadership of Historic
Charleston Foundation have embarked on an intensive strategic
planning process in order to develop a long-range roadmap for
our future initiatives and advocacy efforts. The Plan presents exciting opportunities for the organization into the foreseeable future. Historic Charleston Foundation will expand its reach in four
most concrete way with our own properties. This includes completion of the interior restoration of the Nathaniel Russell House
with the soft furnishings project, and the implementation of the
feasibility study recommendations for the Aiken-Rhett House.
Both of these will require a sustained level of financial commitment at both museums over many years.
elements of its work and will:
• Deepen the Foundation’s commitment to
preservation, advocacy, and livability in the
Lowcountry. The Foundation will convene key
discussions while supporting broader cooperation
within the community to ensure that the city
v Expand and redefine the Edmunds Revolving Fund
Under the “Stewardship” goal, a major focus is “re-booting” the
Revolving Fund and the Neighborhood Impact Initiative. For the
last couple of years, the Foundation has been attempting to find
its “next Ansonborough:” a specific, yet broad initiative that will
have a far-reaching impact in the community. We plan to engage
revolving fund experts from other parts of the country who have
and region continue to prosper.
• Strengthen our stewardship of the Foundation’s
historic resources and utilize and promote them as
been very successful in implementing innovative approaches to
revolving fund programs. They will visit Charleston to review our
existing programs, tour the areas where we’ve been working, in-
models for preservation practice and interpretation.
• Expand our community engagement with
strong educational initiatives and broad outreach.
• Heighten our organizational capacity
in finance and governance.
terview various involved partners, and propose a series of recommendations so programming can be refocused.
v Increase educational programming, particularly at the
Museum Houses
Under the “Engagement” goal, a broad strategy is to “establish a
The Preservation & Museums Department developed the
major initiatives which effectuate several of the objectives laid out
more robust educational profile informing residents, students,
neighborhood associations, business and educational leaders
about the benefits derived from preservation.” The Foundation
in the overall strategic plan. Four of these bold initiatives are highlighted here to reflect the breadth and depth of what the Foundation plans to accomplish in the coming years.
wants the museum houses to be seen as assets for the community
as much as wonderful touring venues for out-of-town visitors. We
plan to diversify our programming at the houses to broaden K-12
v Confront issues related to traffic, transportation, mobility
and parking on the Peninsula
Under the “Preservation” goal, a strategy states that the Foun-
learning opportunities so that we can engage a younger generation of preservationists. We also will plan an array of cultural
programs such as concerts, workshops, and lectures.
dation will: “Serve as a recognized leader and vocal advocate to
preserve and protect historic resources and livability in the city
and region.” It is the Foundation’s contention that almost any
major issue related to livability can be traced back to congestion
and traffic. We would like to advocate for a more progressive and
integrated approach to determining how to move people around
As Charleston continues to grow and evolve at an unprecedented rate, Historic Charleston Foundation will continue to promote its vision for the community which integrates Charleston’s
incomparable historic resources and quality-of-life with responsible land use and growth management. We believe strongly that not
only can we achieve this while also encouraging a robust economy,
the Peninsula. We are in the process of working with the City and
other community partners on sponsoring a comprehensive transportation study of the Peninsula that would provide an innovative
road map for the future that includes automobiles, pedestrians,
bicycles and transit.
v Develop, enhance and promote the House Museums as “living
laboratories” by advancing innovative preservation approaches
we must. Around the country the Charleston region is heralded as
a model showcasing the successful co-existence of preservation and
development—we must continue to reinforce the mutually dependent nature of this balance. Today, our generation is being put to the
test in new ways, and it is the role of Historic Charleston Foundation to keep this important legacy alive. Looking into the future, the
Foundation will continue to advocate for preservation and smart
and educational interpretation
As a part of the “Preservation” goal, the Foundation wants to continue to focus on its museum properties to showcase how they
advance the mission. “Best practices” can be implemented in the
growth by collaborating with public, non-profit and private sector
leaders to address critical opportunities and challenges facing the
Lowcountry.
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Energy Conservation at the
Nathaniel Russell House
Museum
As part of the significant renovation at the Nathaniel Russell House Museum, 51 Meeting Street, Historic Charleston
Foundation replaced the existing heating, ventilation and air
conditioning (HVAC) system for the entire building. The new
system provides better protection for the preservation of the
structure, a more stable interior environment for the collection
and improved comfort for guests and staff. In keeping with
the Foundation’s sustainability initiative, a goal of this project
was to design a more energy efficient HVAC system through
equipment selection and upgrades to the building’s automated control system. The new system includes direct humidity
control, upgraded controls to monitor energy use, automated
temperature set points and variable speed drives to allow for
variable energy loads. In conjunction with the equipment
replacement, the historic building also underwent a weatherization campaign that included improving exterior opening
seals to prevent outside air infiltration and installing removable
insulation in accessible attic areas.
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This project actually had its beginning in 2010 with a grant
from the South Carolina Energy Office, which paid for an intensive energy audit and energy model of the building. Dennis
Knight, CEO of Whole Building Systems, whose company
conducted the audit and modeling, assisted the Foundation in
the system design and equipment selection.
“It was very gratifying to assist Historic Charleston Foundation
in achieving a whole building solution that reduces energy
consumption while at the same time providing an improved
environment for the protection of this invaluable historic museum and its collection,” said Dennis Knight. “We are excited
to report that we have successfully secured a $10,000 rebate for
the Foundation from SCE&G’s EnergyWise Custom Incentive
program in recognition of our energy conservation efforts.”
Archivist Discovers Bill of
Sale for Enslaved Woman
Karen Emmons, the Foundation’s archivist/librarian, was
cataloging a book, TheSouthCarolinaJockeyClub (published
in 1857), that once belonged to J.A. Legare. To her surprise,
she discovered inserted within its pages a Bill of Sale for an
enslaved woman. The document records the sale of a thirty-five
year old woman to a slave trader for $375 on June 14, 1833.
The slave trader then “transfers” her three days later to James
Legare, presumably the same man who owned the book. The
transfer is recorded on the back of the document. This rare
document has been transferred to the South Carolina Historical Society where it will be catalogued, made available to
researchers, and digitized.
Nathaniel Russell House Museum
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Bill of Sale, Front
Back of Document
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Remembering Two
Former Trustees
James Walker Coleman, Jr., was born
September 7, 1918, in Charleston, South
Carolina, the son of the late James Walker
Coleman and Felicia Chisolm Coleman.
Mr. Coleman graduated from the Sewanee, the University of the South, and
served in the Navy during WWII on the
aircraft carrier Chaumont and was Captain
of a submarine chaser and a patrol craft.
James Walker Coleman, Jr.
Credit: The Post & Courier
Achieving the rank of Lieutenant
Commander, he taught Naval Reserve Training Corps
courses at the University of South Carolina.
Mr. Coleman joined the Board of Historic Charleston Foundation in 1984 and served through 1994, becoming Chair of
the Reproduction Committee in May 1985 and continued his
involvement throughout his tenure with Historic Charleston
Foundation. In addition to the Board of Historic Charleston
Foundation, Mr. Coleman also served on the Boards of St.
Francis Xavier and Roper Hospitals, Spoleto USA, the Gibbes
Museum of Art and the Charleston Chapter of the American
Red Cross.
He enjoyed a long and successful career in the banking industry
as Assistant Vice President of The First National Bank of South
Carolina in 1951, the first coastal region executive in 1983 and
the Chairman of the Board for Liberty National Bank in 1984.
Another Brick in “The Wall”
On January 23, through the donation of machinery and manpower from Charleston Water System and Anson Construction,
the Walled City Task Force was able to positively identify for the
first time a portion of the “curtain wall” of the Walled City of
Charles Town.
The curtain wall was the wall connecting the bastions, redans,
drawbridge and other projections of the walled city. This section
of the curtain wall was made of brick and fronted the harbor
along present-day East Bay Street. It doubled as the wharf wall,
or sea wall, with water lapping up to its base.
This brick curtain wall was probably a bit lower than the bastions
and redans that were armed with cannon. It stood about 6 feet
Theodore “Ted” Sanders Stern
Credit: The Post & Courier
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After attending Johns Hopkins University
in the early 1930s, Theodore “Ted” Sanders Stern immediately began a pattern of
leadership, vision and service in the fields
of business, philanthropy, education, civic
affairs, preservation and humanitarian
services that continued throughout his
long and accomplished life.
Mr. Stern’s dedication to civic duty led to his distinguished
military career in the U.S. Navy from 1940 until the late 1960s, a
career that brought him to Charleston in 1965 to head the Naval
Supply Center.
He accepted the position as President of the College of Charleston in 1968, where he orchestrated the rise of the small, struggling private college to the status of a prominent public institution.
Mr. Stern served on the Board of Directors of Historic Charleston Foundation from 1985 to 1987. Mr. Stern devoted his time
and talents to many nonprofit organizations in the Charleston
area including Historic Charleston Foundation, the Charleston Concert Association, the Charleston Metro Chamber of
Commerce, the Charleston Symphony Orchestra, the Coastal
Carolina Council of the Boy Scouts, the Gibbes Museum of Art,
Goodwill Industries of Lower South Carolina, the Rotary Club
of Charleston, the Saul Alexander Foundation, Spoleto USA,
Trident United Way and the Coastal Community Foundation.
above the level of the street until
the American Revolution. By
the mid 1780s, the bastions and
redans as well as the curtain
wall had been razed to street
level. The city then grew over the
remains.
Katherine Pemberton, the Foundation’s Manager
of Research and Education, and co-chair of
Charleston’s Walled City Task Force, examines
the curtain wall after it was uncovered.
The portion of the wall found in
January measured a bit over two
feet in width and matched the type and color of soft red brick
found during archaeology of the redan at South Adger’s Wharf
a few years ago.
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Christie’s Breakfast
During Antiques Americana Week in New York City in January
2013, John Hays, Deputy Chairman of American Furniture at
Christie’s, hosted a breakfast and private viewing of the Important American Furniture, Folk Art and Prints sale for friends
of Historic Charleston Foundation. Led by Mr. Hays, the group
enjoyed an exclusive look at the rare eighteenth-century teabowl
by John Bartlam and an exceptional Charleston tea table as well
as other important items in the sale. We thank Christie’s and Mr.
Hays for making this exclusive event possible.
Charting the Course:
The Continuation of a
Three Year Process
Historic Charleston Foundation has played a key role in guiding
the preservation and development of Charleston and its historic
environs since its founding in 1947. The organization has set the
pace for national preservation strategies and shaped the creation
of local, regional and national policies.
The Foundation has remained objective and independent
throughout a 3-year process of leading the community in
dialogue and assessment regarding the land-side impacts of the
cruise industry. Recognizing the significance of the State Ports
Authority (SPA) to Charleston and to the state of South Carolina,
The Foundation continues to acknowledge the potential benefits
of the redevelopment of Union Pier. Historic Charleston Foundation’s mission and role is to defend the processes that serve to
preserve and protect the historical, architectural and cultural
character of Charleston.
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Having exhausted viable avenues of appeal from simple mediation to proposing an ordinance and commissioning an economic
impact study of the cruise industry, the Foundation concluded
that its next course of action would be to participate in the request for a contested case hearing before the Administrative Law
Court to appeal the S.C. Department of Health & Environmental
Control’s (DHEC) issuance of a permit for the proposed work at
Building 322 on Union Pier. This approach is consistent with all
previous actions the Foundation has taken on the subject.
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Historic Charleston Foundation has elected to progress with the
appeal process to ensure the following:
1) that the proper analysis was undertaken in determining the
broad impacts that the proposed new cruise terminal could have
on the historic districts in downtown Charleston, and
2) that the review process, required by law, was followed.
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move the conversation from a subjective to a more objective
position. Historic Charleston Foundation remains steadfast to
its mission, focusing on the inherent integrity of the historic
district and thus defending the processes designed to protect and
preserve it.
ReadmoreabouttheFoundation’seffortsbyvisiting,
www.historiccharleston.org/cruiseships.
The land-side impacts of the cruise industry have broad implications beyond the singular issue of cruise ships; thus the DHEC
environmental review process is critical to protecting the historic
and natural resources of the whole state. When engaging in a
formal review process, it is critical to have policies in place that
The Allure of the Decoy:
Masterworks from the
Collection of Alan and
Elaine Haid
From February 15 to 17, a second annual decoy exhibition was
held at the Aiken-Rhett House Museum. Curated by Brandy
Culp, the exhibition, titled TheAllureoftheDecoy:Historic
CharlestonFoundationPresentsMasterworksfromtheCollection
ofAlanandElaineHaid, was hosted in collaboration with the
2013 Southeastern Wildlife Exposition. This educational event
showcased forty-seven of the finest examples in the Haid’s
nationally renowned private collection. Alan Haid, an avid
waterfowler, and his wife Elaine of Darien, Connecticut, have
spent over forty years acquiring decoys of distinguished provenance and form. The craft of the decoy and the Haid’s efforts
to preserve this American art form were highlighted against
the backdrop of one of America’s most significant antebellum
properties, the Aiken-Rhett House Museum, 48 Elizabeth
Street.
Thanks to the generosity of individual donors and business
sponsors, the Foundation published an exhibition catalogue,
hosted an opening reception and offered free admission to the
house for all SEWE participants. House museum attendance
more than doubled during this weekend event. Dick Coen,
former Foundation Board member and recipient of the Frances
R. Edmunds Historic Preservation
Award in 2009, was
instrumental in the
The turned head back preener, c. 1908, and the feeder, c. 1905,
planning of this
are two fine examples from carver Elmer Cromwell (1862-1951).
exhibition working
closely with Culp to make this exhibit possible. The event
generated over twelve thousand dollars for conservation and
preservation initiatives at the Aiken-Rhett House Museum in
addition to introducing new constituents to the Aiken-Rhett
House Museum.
The Trustees and Staff of Historic Charleston Foundation express
sincere appreciation to Alan and Elaine Haid and the patrons,
host committee and sponsors of TheAllureoftheDecoy.
Patrons
Mr. and Mrs. John E. Cay III
Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Coen
Mr. and Mrs. Peter R. Kellogg
Sponsors
Southeastern Wildlife Exposition
Guyette, Schmidt & Deeter, Inc.
Roper St. Francis Foundation
Host Committee
The Audubon Gallery
Dr. and Mrs. Lloyd Newberry
Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Brumley Renew Urban Charleston, LLC
Mr. and Mrs. James L. Coker
Mr. and Mrs. D. Van Smith
Mr. John D. Tice
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh C. Lane
Governor and Mrs. James B. Edwards
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Arthur M. Wilcox
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P reservation Action’s annual
Advocacy Day
In late February, Kitty Robinson and Winslow Hastie attended
Preservation Action’s annual Advocacy Day event in Washington, DC. After a full day of legislative debriefings, strategic
pointers from lobbyists, and an overview of the preservation
advocacy landscape for this Congressional season, Kitty
and Winslow joined State Historic Preservation Officer Eric
Emerson and Carter L. Hudgins, Director of the Joint Graduate Program in Historic Preservation for Clemson/College of
Charleston, as well as a group of students from the program, to
represent the State of South Carolina on Capitol Hill.
The South Carolina group had meetings with the staff at
both S.C. senators’ offices as well as most of the offices on the
House of Representatives side. The theme for this year’s efforts,
Preservation Keeps U.S. Together, focused on the preservation
industry’s impacts on economic development and job creation.
Although the sequester was on everyone’s minds, the series of
meetings was very productive, emphasizing the importance of
developing relationships with legislators and their staffs.
L to R: Kitty Robinson, Winslow Hastie and Eric Emerson
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Introducing New
Retail Product:
Charleston Tree Bowls
Made exclusively from trees that grew in historic Charleston or
nearby Ashley River plantations, Magnolia Plantation, Drayton
Hall and Middleton Place, Charleston Tree Bowls are works
of art. Combining beauty, history, heritage and function, these
handcrafted bowls take up to six months to create and are
completely food safe.
Each bowl comes from a tree that was either felled by nature or
necessity and is a special collector’s item for anyone who loves
Charleston.
A percentage of the profits from each Charleston Tree Bowl
will be donated to the CharlestonParksConservancy to help
maintain and create special green spaces in Charleston.
Available at The Shops of Historic Charleston Foundation,
108 Meeting Street, 843.724.8484.
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J et Blue Inaugural Flight
JetBlue Airways launched service to its 76th city, Charleston,
South Carolina. Starting Feb. 28, JetBlue began service at the
Charleston International Airport (CHS) with twice daily nonstop service from New York’s John F. Kennedy International
Airport (JFK) and a daily flight from Boston’s Logan International Airport (BOS).
Kitty Robinson represented Historic Charleston Foundation
on the inaugural flight to Boston and said, “being able to share
Charleston’s architecture and history through greater access to
our city is a bonus.”
Historic Charleston Foundation
Curator Takes Charleston
Charm to Southern California
In February, Curator Brandy S. Culp was enthusiastically
received by the distinguished Newport Beach Decorative Arts
Society in California. She presented a lecture titled, “After
the Neatest Manner and Newest Fashion: The 18th Century
Charleston Silver Trade.” Newport Beach Decorative Arts
Society members gathered at the home of antique collectors
Mary Ann and David Kerr on Lido Isle for a catered reception
welcoming Culp. The Kerrs also held an exclusive dinner party
in her honor, and invited guests included esteemed collectors
and art dealers of Southern California.
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Nathaniel Russell House Museum Reopens with Expanded
Educational Opportunities and Visitor Amenities
In mid March, the Nathaniel Russell House
Museum, 51 Meeting Street, reopened to the
public having met several important objectives:
preserving the 203-year-old free flying staircase; expanding educational opportunities; and
improving visitor services. Another major goal
was to install a new, state-of-the-art HVAC
(heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) system to provide the most appropriate environment for the Foundation’s extensive collection
of decorative and fine arts.
In addition to improved visitor amenities
and climate control throughout the site, the
museum also features several reinstalled period Exhibit Gallery of the Nathaniel Russell House Museum
rooms and two exhibitions. The original kitchen building,
where enslaved members of the household both lived and
worked, is now devoted to interpretive programming and features the exhibition, TheRussellFamilyandtheEnslaved.
Following their docent-led tour through the main house, guests
may view the new collections gallery, AnEraofOpulence:The
DecorativeandFineArtsofEarlyCharleston. The exhibition highlights fine and decorative arts and allows
guests to learn about some of the trades in Charleston
during the mid-eighteenth to the early nineteenth
century, including the time frame of Nathaniel and
Sarah Russell’s tenure in Charleston. Featuring luxury
goods both imported and made in the city, the objects
tell the story of refinement and diversity in the Lowcountry.
Both exhibitions feature loans from The Charleston Museum. Exhibition Designer Andrew Steever
worked closely with Curator, Brandy Culp and Manager of the Nathaniel Russell House Museum, Lauren
Northup on these projects.
Oval Drawing Room on the second floor of the Nathaniel Russell House Museum
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T he 66th Festival of Houses and Gardens kicked off with the
10th annual Charleston Antiques Show
In its 10th year, the Charleston
Antiques Show, March 22-24, just
kept getting better and better.
It found an elegant setting at the
Memminger Auditorium, 56 Beaufain Street, 2013 marked
the show’s second year in this venue.
Collectors and enthusiasts learned more about exquisite furniture, porcelains, architectural garden elements and more at the
rope. Thank you to Dr. and Mrs. J. Price Cameron as well as
Mr. and Mrs. Ozey Horton for their generosity in hosting the
elegant receptions in their houses.
• Preview Party attendees enjoyed a grand evening among
magnificent booths with music, entertainment and lively
mix of dealers and collectors.
• Guests at the luncheon with guest speaker Gil Schafer listened
Charleston Antiques Show.
to the award-winning classical architect and author of The
GreatAmericanHouse discuss what makes a traditional house
• Collectors Circle members experienced the best Charleston
has to offer during a weekend of exclusive parties in grand,
private historic houses; early admission to the opening night
Preview Party, Sunday brunch, entrée to the elegant Collectors Circle room, and unlimited daily admission to the Show
livable today in his lecture titled, “Pink Clapboards and Tea
Olive: Southern Tradition, Memory, and Great Design.”
throughout the weekend. Members of the Collectors Circle
experts for a lecture and behind-the-scenes look at an impres-
were also given the chance to win a pair of first class tickets
to anywhere in the world United Airlines flies. Thank you to
Richard Almeida, director emeritus of United Airlines, who
donated the tickets. Congratulations to Howard and Mary
sive private collection located in a magnificent and architecturally notable historic house. During this exclusive study tour,
guests experienced the “Journey of Design” from a collector’s
point of view. Thank you to Mr. and Mrs. Ozey Horton for
Phipps who were the first winners and enjoyed a trip to Eu-
opening their house as a stop on this tour.
• “Art & Architecture: Combined by Design” Study Tour
attendees joined Foundation Curator, Brandy Culp, and fellow
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2013 EXHIBITORS
A Bird In Hand Antiques
American Eagle Antiques
Antique American Wicker
Arader Galleries
Arthur Guy Kaplan
Carlson & Stevenson Antiques
Charles Edwin Puckett
Cunha-St. John Antiques
2013 IN-KIND SPONSORS
2013 SPONSORS
Finnegan Gallery
Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Almeida
Fletcher Copenhaver Fine Art
Campo Marzio Design
The Federalist Antiques
Charleston Magazine
G. Sergeant Antiques L.L.C.
Charming Inns
Janice Paull
F. Schumacher & Co.
Jayne Thompson Antiques
Fat & Juicy Bloody Mary Mix
Jerry S. Hayes Fine Majolica
Hospitality Management Group Inc.
Stephen Kalms Antiques
JMC Charleston
Nula Thanhauser
Landscapes Limited of Charleston
Trustees of Historic Charleston
Foundation
National Advisory Council
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin F. Lenhardt
AIG
Mrs. James C. Allen
Brunk Auctions
Charleston Area Convention
and Visitors Bureau
City of Charleston
Accommodations Tax
The Rouse Harper Group at UBS
Mrs. W. Leigh Thompson, Jr.
William Means Company Insurance
William Means Real Estate
Dawn Hill Antiques
Peter Pap Oriental Rugs, Inc.
Philip Suval, Inc.
Sallea Antiques
Taylor B. Williams Antiques
Trace Mayer Antiques
Tucker Payne Antiques
W.M. Schwind, Jr.
William Cook
Yew Tree House Antiques
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Lotus Flower
Natasha Lawrence Calligraphy
Route des Vins Imports
The Beach Company
The Post and Courier
The RSVP Shoppe
Tito’s Vodka
Westbrook Deliveries &
Designer Services, LLC
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Chair, 2013 Charleston
Antiques Show
Jill F. Almeida
Honorary Chair, 2013
Charleston Antiques Show
Claire B. Allen
Co-Founders
Sallie M. Duell
Gail A. Gilbert
Collectors Circle
Committee
Peggy Rash (Chair)
Claire Allen
Virginia Bailey
Tater Beak
Myra Burrus
Charlotte Crabtree
Sarah Donnem
Nancy Frederick
Cindy Lenhardt
Lynda Lipscomb
Anne Olsen
Susan Payne
Lesley Potter
Maurice Thompson
Kitsy Westmoreland
Barbara Zimmerman
Preview Party
Committee
Anne Semmes (Chair)
Susan Campbell
Gretta Cape
Cynthia Corley
Stella Harman
Caroline Hautt
Marsee Lee
Annette Mani
Doerte McManus
Lillian Quantz
Gail Roddey
Sandra Vineyard
Sally Smith
Janice Waring
Luncheon Lecture
Committee
Shannon Gillespie (Chair)
Anne Barnes
Alida Barnwell
Anne Burris
Mimi Cathcart
Vereen Coen
Susan DiCamillo
Margaret Donaldson
Whitney Eller
Susan Friberg
Jane Jilich
Janie Miller
Ginny Moore
Pat Prioleau
Dealers Committee
Anne Smith (Chair)
Blanche Brumley
Joan Hazelton
Gail Kahn
Jane Keenan
Rhetta Mendelsohn
Phyllis Miller
Gail Paul
Elise Richardson
Wendy Spitz
The 2013 spring Festival of Houses and Gardens and
Charleston Antiques Show recorded a boost to the local
economy with an impact of over $6.4 million. According to
the College of Charleston’s Office of Tourism Analysis, this
impact study represents a 13% increase over 2012.
• The Charleston Antiques Show/Festival of Houses and
Gardens spends the majority of its operating expenses
locally, generates 71 area jobs, and creates nearly 700
volunteer opportunities.
• More than 14,000 attendees, both local and visitors,
enjoyed the Festival’s month-long series of events.
• The Charleston Antiques Show/Festival of Houses and
Gardens visitor spends 25% more (per visit) than the
average spring Charleston visitor.
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The 66th Festival of Houses
and Gardens
Charleston, renowned for its history, architecture and antiques,
is the perfect backdrop for the spring Festival where guests
have the rare opportunity to tour nearly 150 historic private
houses and gardens. Set amid the ambiance of the city’s Old
and Historic District, this series of award-winning tours showcases Charleston’s distinctive architecture, history, gardens and
culture.
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THANK YOU TO OUR 2013 PROPERTY OWNERS
Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Abagnale
Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Almeida
Mr. and Mrs. Allan J. Anderson
Mr. and Mrs. Ivan V. Anderson
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Avlon
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Y. Barnes
Susan Bass and Tom Bradford
Mrs. Herbert Berlinsky
Lt. General and Mrs. Colby Broadwater
Mr. Norman Eugene Brown
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bruner
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore C. Brush
Ginny Bush and Warren J. Schwarzman
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald M. Carter Jr.
Mrs. Robert S. Cathcart III
Mr. and Mrs. Wayland H. Cato, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Chakeris
Mr. and Mrs. Marc E. Chardon
Elizabeth Farley Clark
Mary Whyte and Smith B. Coleman III
Dr. and Mrs. Charles Edward Corley III
Dr. and Mrs. Charles L. Cornwell
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Demmer
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Detterbeck
John K. Dewberry
Mr. and Mrs. Fitz H. Dove
Mr. and Mrs. James T. Dyke, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Michael L. Elliott
Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Evans
Dr. and Mrs. F. Strait Fairey, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. William D. Farrior
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory H. Finch
Ms. Lisa Flaggman and Mr. Geoffrey Renk
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin J. Flynn
Catherine H. Forrester
Frederick H. Fowler and Justin Thomas
Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Frederick
Mrs. Eric G. Friberg
Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Furtado
Dr. and Mrs. Charles C. Geer
Mr. and Mrs. Sloan Gibson
J. Kirkland Grant
Mr. and Mrs. Russell B. Guerard
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin W. Harley
Mr. R. Edward L. Holt III
Mr. and Mrs. Paul H. Hulsey
Ann B. Igoe
Martha Rivers Ingram
Richard H. Jenrette
Dr. William G. Kee and Mr. Franklin C. Lee
Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Keigher
Dr. Linda J. Lear and Mr. John W. Nickum
Mr. and Mrs. W. Jefferson Leath, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas B. Lee
Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Lilly
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest B. Lipscomb III
The Hon. and Mrs. James M. Lombard
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Luzak
Mr. and Mrs.William Lyddan
Mr. and Mrs. Ward D. MacKenzie
Mr. Gerard MaDan
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Maresca
Mr. and Mrs. Malcom M. McAlpin
Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. McCoy, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. John J. McKnight
Mr. and Mrs. Peter W. Mehlman
Mr. and Mrs. F. Duffield Meyercord
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin A. Moore, Jr.
Charles Moore
Peggy Neale and John C. Hamma
Mrs. W. Olin Nisbet and Mr. Ted Hartsock
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Parker
Dr. Celeste H. Patrick and
Mr. Charles W. Patrick
Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Payne III
Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Peters, Jr.
Robert E. Pingry
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur J. Prezzano
Mr. and Mrs. William Prewitt
Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Prioleau
Dr. and Mrs. A. Bert Pruitt, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Rash, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Ravenel
Mr. and Mrs. Henry L.B. Ravenel
Mr. and Mrs. Sonny Ray
Mr. and Mrs. Emerson B. Read
Harriet MacDougal Rigney
The Hon. and Mrs. Alexander M. Sanders
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth T. Seeger
Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Seekings
Caroline R. Seitz
Mr. Wilmot P. Sligh
Mr. and Mrs. Joel A. Smith III
Mr. and Mrs. Park B. Smith, Jr.
Jennifer Snowden
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley M. Stevens
Dr. Mary Caroline Stewart and
Mr. Steven P. Stewart
Renee C. Stewart
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Stuhr
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sullivan
Mr. and Mrs. Jan H. Suwinski
Mr. and Mrs. H. Simmons Tate, Jr.
Mrs. W. Leigh Thompson, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Trainer
Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Trimble III
Dr. Phyllis D. Wakat
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Watson
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Weinstein
The Rev. and Mrs. David Williams
Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Williams
Mr. and Mrs. Fred L. Willis III
Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy N. Willits
Dr. and Mrs. Stan M. Wilson
Mr. and Mrs. F. Preston Wilson
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas S. Young
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Ziff
Aiken Rhett House Museum
Avery Institute
Captain James Missroon House
Charleston County Courthouse
Ella Richardson Fine Art
First Baptist Church
First (Scots) Presbyterian Church
French Huguenot Church
Grace Epsicopal Church
Horton Hayes Fine Art
John C. Doyle Gallery
John Rutledge House Inn
New Tabernacle Fourth Baptist Church
Pink House
Powder Magaaine
Redeemer Presbyterian Church
Robert Lange Studio
Smith Killian Fine Art Gallery
South Carolina Society Hall
St.Johannes Lutheran Church
St. Johns Episcopal Church
St. Stephens Episcopal Church
Thomas Elfe House
Two Meeting Street Inn
Wentworth Mansion
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Volunteer Awards and Recognition
The following volunteers were recognized for their length of service to Historic Charleston Foundation:
5 YEARS OF SERVICE
(in alphabetical order):
Marjean Brauch, Linda Brewton, Howard
Bridgman, Kathy Brown, Dona Corcoran, Susan
Cornish, Mel Eargle, Kevin Eberle, Pat Gander,
Diana Glupker, Vera Grainger, Sylvia Greene,
Judy Jamison, Mary Jarvis, Bonnie Keaveny,
Bob Lesch, Ollie Lesch, Lynne Madison, Glynda
McAleer, Bill Meyer, Lynn Meyer, Betsy Monahan, Rosemary Montesi, Beth Neboschick, Susan
Norris, Linda Peterson, Ellen Pfeiffer, Glennda
Ross, Phyllis Wayne, Alice Williams, Hank Wilson
10 YEARS OF SERVICE
(in alphabetical order):
Cheryl Curren, Mary Anne Grenfell, Robert
Grenfell, Pixie Hider, Nancy Keyser, Cathy
Kleber, Jane Mason, Mary McWhorter, Randy
McWhorter, Joanne Miller, Terry Newman,
Doreen Schneeberger, George Scudder, Suzy
Scudder, Jane Simpson, Carol Whelan
15 YEARS OF SERVICE
(in alphabetical order):
Mary Brigman, Larry Millhouse, Debbie Palmer,
Judy Roberts, Orlando Sanchez, Bill Schandall,
Ellen Smith, Bob Uhler, Kay Uhler
20 YEARS
OF SERVICE
25 YEARS
OF SERVICE
Dudley Andres,
Gail Banks,
Martha Andres,
Glenna Greenslit
(in alphabetical
order):
(in alphabetical
order):
Peg Gumb, Melissa
Sutton, V.C. Sutton
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The Festival Tours Committee works behind the scenes to
give Historic Charleston Foundation’s largest fundraiser
its distinctive character and to maintain the quality and
high standards of the tours that visitors and residents
have come to expect and that have become a national
model for similar programs.
Festival street chairmen spend countless hours recruiting
volunteers, attending training sessions, making property
assignments, distributing and collecting tour supplies and
managing a myriad of other tasks that keep the Festival
operating smoothly. It takes a special kind of leader to
motivate and manage about 60 volunteers per tour.
2013 Street Chairmen
Hall Easton
Susanne Banks
Susan Fiorentino
Cheryl Bates
Leigh Handal
Eloise Brooks
Susan Hartman
Cathryn Cato
Mac McTeer
Cheryl Clark
Vasiliki Moskos
Winnie Deshong
David’s sister, Jennifer Singleton (center), presented Dolores Osuna (left) and Janet Welsh (right),
with the first two David Singleton Awards
Beth Neboschick
Cheryl Steadman
Steve Stewart
V.C. Sutton
In 2013, the Foundation introduced the David Singleton
Award to be presented annually at the Appreciation
Party. The award recognizes individuals whose actions,
particularly in relation to Foundation events, reflect David’s commitment to excellence and his ability, through
his talent and his interactions with others, to raise each
Foundation Trustees and staff greatly appreciate the
contributions of time, energy and talent of the 2013 street
chairmen and tours committee members. See the Tours
Committee members listed on page 59.
Kitty Robinson
Homeowners of the Year
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occasion to the next level. David’s memory is alive in the
hearts of his friends and colleagues, who are pleased
that his spirit will live on through this award.
Ward Smith
Street Marshal of the Year
John Alexander
Docent of the Year
Ian MacDonald presented Melissa Sutton
with the Docent of the Year Award,
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It is particularly appropriate that this elite group was named
in honor of Frances R. Edmunds, who led Historic Charleston
Foundation for nearly 40 years. The Edmunds Society honors
her determined spirit, leadership, ‘can do’ attitude and her
character.
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Members of the Edmunds Society share an attitude of cooperation, respect and consideration, working equally well with
volunteers, homeowners, visitors and staff. When confronted
with a challenge, they take it upon themselves to find a solution.
Like Mrs. Edmunds, they set an example for others to follow.
In alphabetical order: Kelly and Frank Abagnale,
John Alexander, Jill and Richard Almeida, Brandy
Lee Bates, Anne Blessing, Jay Boccabello, Tricia
Boccabello, Diane Brooks, Eloise Brooks, Gene
Brown, Susan Coomer, Kiki Cooper, Will Davis, Rita
Donato, Kevin Eberle, Sarah Fick, Amanda and
Kevin Flynn, Beth Hendrix, Anne Herron, Molly
Inabinett, Ingrid Kalwas, Susan Marus, Stephanie
Massey, Becky McFerran, Annette Murphy, Terry
Newman, Susan Norris, Helen and Bert Pruitt,
Sherry and Sonny Ray, Kelly Ryan, Monica and Ken
Seeger, Michele and Mike Seekings, Kate Stanton,
Sandra Watson, Terri Woodall, Cynthia Wood, Julie
and Steve Ziff
THANK YOU TO THE 2013 SPONSORS
IN-KIND SPONSORS
Historical Concepts
Charleston Bike Taxi
Circa 1886
Hall’s Chop House
Hamby Catering & Events
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
Wells Fargo
2013 FESTIVAL SPECIAL EVENTS
During the Festival of Houses and Gardens, the Special Events series provides an opportunity for learning and fun, from musical
concerts set in historical settings and luncheon lectures to indulging the five senses with wine tastings, harbor cruises and more.
Eat and Run Series
Tastings
“What’s Cooking in the Lowcountry” by Emily Kimbrough of Charleston Cooks!
“Charleston’s Ironwork: An Artwork All Its Own” by Ann Andrus
“Fakes and Forgeries: How to Distinguish Real Antiques from Frauds” by the
Crabtrees and Gary Leon
“Churches, Synagogues and Graveyards” by Ann Andrus
“What to Wear? A Historical Perspective of Clothing, Fashion and Textiles of
the South” by Kathleen Staples
“Charleston Architecture: The Presence of Place” by Carter Hudgins, Sr. and Jr.
“Evolution of a Charleston Garden” by Glen Gardner
“Charleston Icons” by Ida Becker
“Mavericks, Mothers and Mavens: History Making Women” by Valerie Perry
“Magic in Small Spaces: Unearthing Charleston’s Gardening Secrets”
by P.J. Gartin
“The Charleston Cocktail” Firefly Sweet Tea Vodka & Rum Tasting
Wine Tastings at Circa 1886
Boat Cruises on the Spirit of Carolina
Period Musical Concerts
Beethoven on Church Street—First Baptist Church
Bluegrass Jamboree with with the South Carolina Broadcasters
and Yew Haw Junction—Circular Congregational Church.
Ol’ Time BlueGrass with the South Carolina Broadcasters —
St. Stephens Episcopal Church
Plantation Picnic and Oyster Roasts
Drayton Hall Plantation and the Aiken-Rhett House Museum
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The Licensed Product Department of Historic Charleston
Foundation partnered with Ellery Homestyles to introduce several new bedding ensembles at the New York Fashion Week in
March. The collections featured botanicals and florals celebrating
the flora found in the American South. Belk department stores
ordered two of the collections to be placed in 31 selected stores
in key markets.
Greenhouse is a botanical design adapted from the artwork of
Anna Heyward-Taylor. Born to a distinguished South Carolina
family, Taylor became a key figure in the flourishing art scene
known as the Charleston Renaissance.
Cypress Gate is an all over floral pattern framed by running
roses such as the Lady Banksia and Cherokee roses enhancing
so many Charleston gardens. Both ensembles include quilts,
shams, coordinating window panels and decorative pillows.
Cypress Gate Bedding
Greenhouse Bedding
In addition, Bed, Bath & Beyond placed an opening order of
Historic Charleston’s King Charles Collection for 30 stores as a
test for this premium matelassé produced in Portugal by Ellery.
The King Charles collection may also be ordered online at
www.historiccharleston.org/shop.
French Heritage Society
Visits Charleston
A VIP group from the French Heritage Society visited
Charleston in the spring to experience its rich history. The
Foundation enjoys a long and close relationship with this
prestigious organization, which awarded a grant to help with
roof repairs at the Nathaniel Russell House Museum following Hurricane Hugo in 1989.
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During a visit to the Russell House, French Heritage Society
Executive Director Greg Joye and Board Chairman Elizabeth
Stribling presented Historic Charleston Foundation with a
plaque commemorating the 1989 grant. The ceremony took
place in the Nathaniel Russell House garden.
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Series Participants Visit Ace
Basin
Historic Charleston Foundation’s second annual Art and Architecture Study Series culminated in an educational field trip
to the ACE Basin. Virginia and Charles Lane hosted the group
at Willtown Bluff Plantation, located on the site of the second
planned town established after the relocation of Charleston in
1682. Mrs. Lane gave an outstanding tour of the 1809 plantation
house, gardens, and grounds. Historian Dr. Richard Porcher discussed cotton and rice cultivation in the ACE Basin and gave an
excellent description of the steam-powered rice mill, once extant
Remains of Brick House Plantation
at Willtown Bluff.
Simons Young, grandson of former Life Trustee Mrs. Joseph R.
Young, arranged for the group to see the remains of Brick House
Plantation, a grand Palladian structure built by Paul Hamilton in
1725. Mr. Young provided information regarding the history of
the site and the Young family’s current initiatives to preserve the
structure. Foundation staff thanks Virginia and Charles Lane,
Simons Young, and the Young family for graciously hosting the
group, Cynthia Coker for coordinating the trip, and Dr. Porcher
for sharing his time and expertise.
For more information on the annual Art and Architecture Study
Series, contact Brandy Culp at [email protected].
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The National Advisory Council (NAC) members share their
varied perspective and expertise with the Foundation in an
effort to further the organization’s mission through new ideas
and their connections to preservation resources throughout
the country. The NAC members are Foundation ambassadors,
raising awareness and garnering support for the Foundation’s
mission.
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COUNCIL MEMBERS
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Almeida
Mr. and Mrs. William R. Beak
Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Brumley
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Burrus
Elizabeth Battle and Treadwell Covington
Mr. and Mrs. Van C. Campbell
Mr. and Mrs. John S. Chalsty
Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Dolson
During the meetings on April 2nd and 3rd, sponsorship was
Sarah L. Donnem
a topic of discussion, and since, the NAC formed an ad hoc
committee to strategize sponsorship connections and opportu-
Susan T. Friberg
nities for the future. Many thanks to Cindy and Ben Lenhardt
for offering a generous matching grant challenge to the NAC
and the Board of Trustees for sponsoring the 10th Charleston
Antiques Show.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence W. Gillespie
Lou R. Hammond
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Hill
Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Keigher
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas B. Lee
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin F. Lenhardt
During a meeting in April, the
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest B. Lipscomb III
group met for supper at the
Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. McManus
home of Betsy Warren, and
Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Payne III
enjoyed food and libations
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Rash, Jr.
while admiring her outstanding
Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Simons
ceramic and vintage clothing
collections. Shown here, Doerte
McManus and Shannon Gillespie
model vintage hats from the
extensive collection.
Kitty Robinson Honored by
The Citadel School of
Business Administration
Mr. and Mrs. Robert J.Tarr, Jr.
Elizabeth B. Warren
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Wood
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Woodward
The Citadel School of Business Administration (CBSA)
recognized Kitty Robinson, Historic Charleston Foundation
President and CEO, as one of the year’s Leaders of Principle.
She was inducted into the CBSA Hall of Fame on April 11,
during a black-tie dinner.
The Leaders of Principle are recognized for substantial success in business or public service and have made significant
contributions to their communities. The Hall of Fame Leaders
of Principle program honors those who have lived a life
consistent with The Citadel’s mission to educate and develop
leaders of principle to serve a global community and demonstrates the values of integrity, diversity, respect and professional and intellectual development for all.
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Community Contributions
Winslow Hastie, Historic Charleston Foundation’s Chief Preservation Officer, was selected as one of the 2013 Forty Under
40 honorees by the Charleston Regional Business Journal. The
award recognizes local individuals who are making their mark
with professional success and community involvement. The
awards ceremony took place on April 11.
2013 Top 40 under 40 honorees
South Carolina Digital Library Chosen as Hub for the Digital
Public Library of America
The South Carolina Digital Library (SCDL) has been chosen as
one of the first pilot “Service Hubs” to share its content with the
Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), a project designed to
make cultural and scientific heritage resources from repositories
across the United States freely accessible to all.
As a Service Hub, the collections on the South Carolina Digital
Library are searchable and browseable in the DPLA portal as
well as the SCDL website. This will allow even more users to
learn about the South Carolina institutions that participate in
the South Carolina Digital Library and the cultural heritage
collections that are available.
Historic Charleston Foundation has been a partnering institution with the SCDL through the Lowcountry Digital Library
since its inception, featuring four complete collections and 30
individual resources from the Foundation’s Margaretta Childs
Archives.
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On Thursday, April 25, more than 50 Historic Charleston
Foundation supporters visited Millford Plantation in the High
Hills of the Santee, 100 miles northwest of Charleston. Millford
is owned by the Classical American Homes Preservation Trust,
chaired by Richard H. Jenrette. The house, regarded as one of
the finest examples of Greek Revival residential architecture
in the United States, was built in 1839 for John L. Manning,
who served as Governor of South Carolina from 1852 to 1854,
and his wife Susan. During the tour, Foundation Curator
Brandy Culp highlighted Millford’s important history; she also
discussed efforts to reproduce period textiles for the mansion’s
interiors as well as our own future efforts at the Nathaniel
Russell House Museum.
Millford Plantation Exterior
The Foundation is grateful to Mr. and Mrs. James P. Barrow for
sponsoring the tour. Mr. Barrow joined the group from Dallas
to share his affinity for neoclassicism and to announce the
launch of the Nathaniel Russell House Museum soft furnishings project, an effort that includes researching and restoring
period textiles throughout the house. This benefactor’s visit
inspired participants to support Culp and a team of experts
in their efforts at the Nathaniel Russell House Museum,
a National Historic Landmark property and renowned
example of neoclassical era architecture.
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oundation Celebrates 66 Years of Preserving Charleston
by Honoring Community Preservationists
On Charter Day, the Foundation recognized organizations and individuals who have made contributions in protecting
Charleston’s irreplaceable historic buildings, neighborhoods, and other special sites.
“The Foundation appreciates the generosity of all those who work with us day in and day out, and Charter Day affords
us the opportunity to honor our past and look forward to the future with resolve and optimism,” said Kitty Robinson,
President and CEO of Historic Charleston Foundation. “We are most delighted to work with and honor these talented
and generous, preservation-minded advocates who share our mission.”
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The following awards were presented during the Charter Day ceremony:
The Samuel Gaillard Stoney Conservation Craftsmanship
Award was created in 1995 to recognize craftspeople in the
Charleston area who have kept alive the tradition of excellence
in the building trades for which Charleston has been renowned
for centuries.
v Hoyt Roberts—received the Stoney Craftsmanship Award
for his superior carpentry skills and his excellence in managing
important restoration projects.
v Geno Kollar—received the Stoney Craftsmanship Award
for his superior skills as a locksmith.
The Robert N.S. and Patti Foos Whitelaw Award was established to recognize citizens whose work embodies the spirit
of achievement and high expectations that were the highlight
of the Whitelaws’ efforts to preserve Charleston’s streetscapes,
neighborhoods, and public buildings from the 1940s through
the 1970s.
his tireless efforts to research, protect and promote the
significance of the Upper Peninsula of Charleston.
v Dr. Nicholas Butler, Sarah Fick, and Harlan Greene
received the Whitelaw Founders Award for their efforts as
archivists, historians, authors and preservation advocates. They
have made possible countless successful preservation projects
and have paved the way for future preservationists and scholars
to carry on the tradition.
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(CCPRC) received the Whitelaw Founders Award in recognition of CCPRC’s strategic acquisition and long-term protection
of historically important places in the Lowcountry. Tom O’Rourke, Executive Director of the Charleston County Park and
Recreation Commission, accepted the award.
The 2013 Charter Day celebration continued a 66-year tradition
of honoring talented, preservation-minded individuals on the
day of Historic Charleston Foundation’s founding.
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Celebrating Preservation Month in May
In honor of Preservation Month, the
Foundation raised awareness with the
Historic Charleston Foundation’s
Manager of the Nathaniel Russell
local minor league baseball team, the
Charleston RiverDogs.
House Museum, Lauren Northup threw
the first pitch at “The Joe.”
N ew and Improved Online Shop
In May, Historic Charleston Foundation launched its refreshed
online shop with additional products, dozens of fresh, beautiful
photographs, and enhanced check-out. Since 1972, Historic
Charleston Foundation has worked with renowned manufacturers to produce a line of home and garden furnishings and
accessories that capture the essence of CHARLESTON STYLE.
This unique blending of European, Asian, British and Caribbean
influences is found in the alluring architecture, interiors and
gardens of this historic city.
Proceeds generated by the Foundation’s retail shops and licensed
products support its ongoing preservation mission, sustaining
for future generations the unique beauty of Charleston and the
Lowcountry. Our nonprofit status also enables customers to enjoy tax-free shopping. Thank you for supporting the Foundation’s
preservation mission each time you shop with us.
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Winslow Hastie traveled to Savannah
in early May to participate in the 2013
Annual US/ICOMOS Symposium. The
city continues to gain international accolades from the travel
industry and attracts newcomers as a cosmopolitan place to
live and work. The theme of the symposium echoed the Foun-
theme of the symposium was, “The
Historic Center and the Next City:
Envisioning Urban Heritage Evolution,”
focused on the evolution of historic
urban centers and their influence on the cities of tomorrow.
Each year the symposium attracts professionals working in
dation’s own initiatives as it continues to work with developers,
architects and property owners to find appropriate solutions
to urban development in and around traditionally historic
neighborhoods.
the fields of urban planning, architecture, preservation and
education.
speakers for the first ever TEDxCharleston in mid-May. Selection was competitive and focused on finding fresh innovative
As a speaker at the 2013 symposium, Winslow presented
a paper on the evolution and development of peninsular
Charleston today. He focused on preservation concerns as the
In addition, Winslow was included in an impressive lineup of
voices among those breaking ground for the betterment of our
community. Winslow’s presentation was titled, “Promoting a
Culture of Stewardship.”
A Salute to the 300th Anniversary
of the Old Powder Magazine
In the 1990s when the Powder Magazine (noted as South Carolina’s
the building and
oldest public building) had threatening structural issues and was in
officially returned
dire need of stabilization, the Colonial Dames sought the support of
stewardship of the
Historic Charleston Foundation. True to form and within its advocacy
national treasure
and preservation mission of preserving and protecting the architectur-
to its owners, the
al, historical and cultural integrity of Charleston, Historic Charleston
Colonial Dames, in 2003. This
Foundation leased the Powder Magazine in 1993 in order to stabilize
effort is representative of the Foundation’s preservation mission, and
and restore the property. Allocating $400,000 to this vital resto-
we take pride in having been able to assist in this worthiest of efforts.
ration project, Historic
Charleston Foundation
The Foundation was honored to have played a significant role in the
enlisted the help of
Old Powder Magazine’s more recent history, and it is with the greatest
preservation specialists
respect and admiration that we congratulate the Colonial Dames in
in The Charleston Muse-
the State of South Carolina for their continued excellent stewardship.
um and Richard Marks
The Foundation offered hearty congratulations to the Colonial Dames
Restorations, Inc.,for
in the State of South Carolina upon the occasion of the 300th Anni-
this important project
versary of the iconic colonial Powder Magazine.
and was able to save
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Turning a Page in the History of
the Aiken Family Library
Your tax-deductible donations
support the Foundation’s
preservation and education
initiatives
Thank you for your generous
support of Historic Charleston
Foundation’s efforts. Together we
have made a positive impact on our
historic community, and we remain
extremely grateful to you. As an
integral part of Historic Charleston
Foundation, donors are instrumental advocates of the mission to
preserve the historical, architectural
and cultural integrity of Charleston
and its Lowcountry environs.
Historic Charleston Foundation’s
preservation efforts are more
significant than ever and we are
playing a critical role in the future
of our City as it grows and prospers.
Your financial support ensures that
Charleston remains real—preserved
for our City’s residents and visitors.
Thank you for your continued
generous support.
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Historic Charleston Foundation
and the Charleston Library Society
were honored to announce in June,
the books, various Aiken-Rhett family
members signed their names, noted
the purchase location, and inscribed
a collaboration to protect and preserve the family library of Governor
and Mrs. William Aiken, Jr. and their
descendants. The library was originally
housed by the family
in their Greek Revival
a date. These inscriptions provide researchers a map and chronology of the
Aiken family’s travels in America and
across Europe.
mansion at 48 Elizabeth
Street, now the Aiken-Rhett House Museum, c. 1820, a property
of Historic Charleston
Foundation.
As the result of a
collaborative effort,
this collection of over
Aiken-Rhett House Museum
2000 volumes, mostly
published in the 1800s,
The preservation of these publicawas transferred to the Charleston
tions allows us to continue to gather
Library Society archives and placed
information that will not only provide
on long-term loan. Also included with
useful insight into the reading tastes of
this grouping are several volumes
donated by descendants of Sarah and
Nathaniel Russell. Both the Foundation and the Library Society seek to
the Aiken family but of 19th century
Americans as well. While intact library
collections such as this one are rare
windows into the personal and intel-
actively preserve these books by maintaining them at the Library Society,
which serves as a literary and historical
archival center.
lectual lives of individuals, the volumes
also represent the prevailing cultural
pursuits and pervasive tastes of the era.
The volumes track the Aikens’ sojourns
across Europe, divulge their literary
tastes, and give us tremendous insight
into their personal lives. In many of
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Online Catalogue is Launched
The Margaretta Childs Archives Online Catalogue, which
contains the records for more than 1,800 books in the Foundation’s library and almost 4,900 items from the archives, launched
on June 12. Records include historic building documentation,
photos, drawings and other materials. The large scale catalogue
is useful to a broad range of researchers, and is an achievement
that has been years in the making. In addition to her responsibilities to the numerous researchers who contact her or visit the
archives, the Foundation’s Archivist/Librarian, Karen Emmons,
continues to organize, process, and catalogue the research
materials and books that have been collected over time as well as
those that have been donated or purchased during her tenure.
Two examples from the online catalogue
The Online Catalogue can be accessed from the Foundation’s
website. The contents represent a significant percentage of the
materials in the Foundation’s archives and library at 40 East Bay
Street. The online catalogue continues to be updated on a regular
basis as new items are added.
Foundation Receives Substantial
Grant for Archaeology
The second archaeological field season began in June at the Lord
Ashley site along the upper reaches of the Ashley River. This
important site was the fortified plantation and Native American
trading outpost of Anthony Ashley Cooper, one of the eight original Lords Proprietors of Carolina. It was actively used for just a
decade, 1675-1685. With a grant from Mead WestVaco (MWV),
this Lord Ashley site excavation is a continued collaborative
effort between Historic Charleston Foundation, The Charleston
Museum and the College of Charleston.
Building foundation unearthed at the Lord Ashley site
In the summer of 2013, students and professors from the College
of Charleston’s Summer Field School in Historical Archaeology
were joined by archaeologists from The Charleston Museum
and staff from Historic Charleston Foundation to undertake
three weeks of excavations at the site. This work was generously
funded by MWV, and it provides another exciting opportunity to
learn more about colonial South Carolina.
The first field school was successful in advancing information about the major research themes of 17th century cultural
interaction, defense, architecture, trade and commerce. Since
that time, experts have analyzed the more than 5,000 recovered
artifacts, completed the 2011 report and conducted magnetometry on the site to aid in future archaeological investigations.
There is much more to be discovered and learned, and Foundation staff is pleased that MWV’s grant will also enable Historic
Charleston Foundation to continue to develop educational
programming for school children.
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Travel Study Program Participants Delight in “English House Party”
Historic Charleston Foundation’s Travel Study Groups include
adventurers who enjoy educational trips to the most important
historic sites in the United States and abroad. Open slots are
coveted, as most loyal travelers make the Foundation’s Travel
Program a yearly must-do. Each participant’s payment includes
a tax-deductible donation to the Foundation.
The June, “English House Party and Masterpiece Fair,” was one of
the best on record. Under the auspices of Tom Savage, Director
of Museum Affairs at Winterthur, the group dined with the
current Lords and Ladies in many of the great houses of England,
who consider their stewardship of these historic properties to be
a trust benefiting generations to come. Visits, tours and entertainment were held at Horace Walpole’s Strawberry Hill, Ham
House, Helmingham Hall, Heveningham Hall, Raynham Hall,
Gateley Hall, Silverstone Farm, Holkham Hall, and Houghton
Hall, among others.
PARTICIPANTS OF THE TRAVEL PROGRAM
TO ENGLAND INCLUDED:
Jill and Richard Almeida
Blanche and Frank Brumley
Susan Klaus
Suzi Parsell
Gail and John Paul
Carol Rice
Kitty and Randal Robinson
Tom Savage
Anne Smith
Sayre and Mike Tribble
Celebrating Carolina Day
The annual parade of historical and cultural organizations from Wash-
Day.” It became Carolina Day in 1875 and remained popular into the
ington Park to White Point Garden marked the celebration of Carolina
mid-twentieth century. Even after other traditions faded, the custom
Day on June 28. The procession commemorated the first decisive victo-
of playing the tune of “Three Blind Mice” at noon at St. Michael’s Epis-
ry of the American Revolutionary War in
copal Church continued. In 1995, the S.C.
South Carolina.
Historical Society and other groups helped
reinvigorate Carolina Day in order to raise
The anniversary of the battle was first cele-
awareness of South Carolina’s and Charles-
brated locally in 1777 and was known then
ton’s role in the Revolutionary War.
as “Palmetto Day” or “Sergeant Jasper’s
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Outline of Walled City Redan Identifies Location of Early Fortifications
Although there were only a handful of other fortress cities
considering several methods and materials for accomplishing
in the New World, Charleston was the only walled city built
this, Charleston Mayor Joseph P. Riley Jr., with input from
by the English in North America. Work on a professionally
the Task Force, selected a brick pattern in order to render the
designed fortification plan began here in the last few years of
outline as visible and durable as possible. While the outline is
the 17th century. For the first several decades of the 18th cen-
narrower than the 1690s fortification, which measured some
tury, walls of brick and of earth encompassed sixty-two acres
three feet in width, it conveys the scale and proportion of
of high ground on an otherwise marsh-riddled peninsula.
the redan. Historic Charleston Foundation and the Mayor’s
This walled city protected the inhabitants of the new English
Walled City Task Force hope to continue the outline in the
colony against potential naval assaults by French and Spanish
future for more of Charles Town’s early fortifications.
forces and any land assault by hostile Native Americans.
Because of development pressures to expand the town, the
north, west and south walls were dismantled by the 1730s.
However, much of the substantial harbor side fortifications remained intact until the 1780s. By the 1790s, even these walls
had disappeared from the landscape, and Charleston’s early
fortifications began to fade from the community memory.
In 2008 and 2009, professional archaeological excavations
were conducted at the present day intersection of East Bay
Street and South Adger’s Wharf at the foot of Tradd Street.
This excavation uncovered one of the three brick redans that
fronted the harbor. A redan is a V-shaped parapet projecting
from a fortification.
Following the 2008 and 2009 excavations, Historic Charleston
Foundation and the Mayor’s Walled City Task Force began
planning an interpretive exhibit at the site. With funding
from the city and a grant from the Southeastern Archaeology
Conference, two wayside panels and a fragment of the redan’s
parapet were installed in 2012. To widespread public acclaim,
the remaining part of the exhibit, depicting the outline of the
redan’s foundation on the present landscape, was completed
in June 2013.
During the planning process, Charleston residents indicated
Outline of walled city redan at the corner of East Bay Street and South Adgers Wharf (cobblestone street was laid in the twentieth century).
that they would like to see the site of the redan marked. After
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Historic Charleston Foundation Welcomes Volunteer Cynthia Wood
Cynthia is responsible for planning
the Foundation’s thriving Connoisseur
Tours, which provide customized
experiences and exclusive access for
select groups visiting Charleston. She
replaces the inimitable Ginny Bush,
who took this program to great heights.
Cynthia is a graduate of the College of William and Mary and
holds a Masters in Education from the University of Virginia.
After a long and successful career in human resources, she
chose to focus on family and volunteer work. Husband Stephen’s career took the family on diverse adventures as they lived
in various regions of the country, from Richmond to Raleigh
to Spartanburg to Simsbury, CT, to Denver. Cynthia made a
point of becoming involved in each new community, serving
in major leadership positions on the Board of Trustees of the
Children’s Advocacy Center, the Spartanburg Music Foundation and most recently the Denver Antiques Show. She volunteered for many years with the Junior League and with the Boy
Scouts of America.
Returning to their roots in the South, Cynthia and Stephen
carefully and enthusiastically chose the Charleston area as their
new home, and they’ve happily settled in Mt. Pleasant’s I’On
neighborhood with forays to their Lake Toxaway, NC, home.
For more information about the Foundation’s Connoisseur Tour
program, contact Cynthia at [email protected].
Embracing Traditional,
Sustainable Methods
Encouraged by the significant cost and energy savings achieved when
the organization closed its shutters last summer, Historic Charleston
Foundation closed the shutters on the south and west elevations of the
Capt. James Missroon House, 40 East Bay Street, our administrative
offices, for much of July and August 2013.
The closed shutters block solar heat gained from the sun, an alternate
to decreasing the temperature setting on the thermostat. By closing the
shutters, Historic Charleston Foundation demonstrates that historic
buildings are inherently sustainable and that historic properties can be
made more energy efficient with minimal expense.
Captain James Missroon House with shutters closed in July and August
Program for Children Premiers at the Nathaniel Russell House Museum
Dressed in period costume,
Docent, Jessie Austin-Scaff,
led the special tour for
children.
The “Children’s Discovery Tour” at the Nathaniel Russell House Museum is now offered
at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. each Wednesday. Hands-on activities will allow the history of 18th
and 19th century Charleston, and the Nathaniel Russell House in particular, to “come
alive” for younger visitors. The 30-45 minute tours are limited to groups of 20 children
and registration is required. A docent leads children on a tour through the house
followed by activities and historical games in the garden.
For more information, visit www.historiccharleston.org/museums.
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The Federal Collection
Is Now Available
G2 Silver debuted a new design for Historic Charleston Reproductions inspired by the elliptical fanlight above the interior
entry doors at the Nathaniel Russell House Museum, 51 Meeting Street, c. 1808. The window retains its original glazing and
reflects the simple elegance of Federal period ornamentation.
The Federal Collection is sterling silver and made in Charleston.
The new collection is available at The Shops of Historic Charleston Foundation, 108 Meeting Street, at the Market Shop of Historic Charleston Foundation, in the City Market, and is featured
on the Foundation’s online shop.
www.historiccharleston.org/shop
Mourning the Loss of Friends and Colleagues
The Trustees and Staff of
personality touched the lives
and had a deep love of nature.
Historic Charleston Foun-
of many in the industry.
David loved all of life, and was
dation, as well as colleagues
involved with the ASPCA, and
and friends, mourn the loss
David was born July 15, 1964
the Wildlife Federation. He was
of David Singleton, who died
in Conway, South Carolina,
the owner of Event Sublime,
unexpectedly in July. David
son of Ronald Singleton and
Flowers and Events planning.
was a long time employee of
Vivian Spencer Singleton. He
Locally, he spoke and pre-
Historic Charleston Founda-
graduated from The College
sented at The Charleston Fall
tion, transforming events into
of Charleston and went on to
Floral Show and multiple floral
glamorous and memorable
earn a Master’s in Education
shows, the Gibbes Museum’s
occasions since he joined the
from The University of South
Ladies’ Auxiliary, and Histor-
team in 2002. As a member of
Carolina. In addition to his
ic Charleston Foundation’s
the Marketing and Communi-
role with the Foundation,
Festival of Houses and Gardens
cations department, he was the
David was a faithful member
Special Event Series. He was
Event and Logistics Coordi-
of St. Stephen’s Episcopal
an exhibitor for various shows
nator and played an integral
Church where he served
in the Gibbes Museum of Art,
role in both the Charleston
on the Vestry of the oldest
Operation Team Smile, and the
Antiques Show and the Fes-
free Episcopal Church in
Charleston Garden Show. His
tival of Houses and Gardens.
America, and was a former
amazing sense of humor en-
Dedicated to the Foundation’s
Senior Warden, served as
deared him to all, and his deep
mission, he led and orchestrat-
a Lay Reader and was a
love of the history of Charles-
ed several events year-round
member of the Flower Guild.
ton and all things Lowcountry
and his warm and gregarious
He was a gifted gardener
was always evident.
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Jill Koverman passed away
IMadeThisJar:TheLifeand
Conference and as a board
Monday, July 29, 2013, sur-
WorksoftheEnslavedAfrican
member of the Edisto Island
rounded by her loving family.
Potter,Dave which was
Historic Preservation Society.
published by the University
Jill made many lasting con-
of South Carolina in 1998.
Professionally, Jill will be
tributions as Registrar and
After leaving the Founda-
remembered as a hard working,
Collections Manager for His-
tion, Jill went on to work for
dedicated team player and as
toric Charleston Foundation’s
the McKissick Museum at
an accomplished and respected
Museums Department from
USC, first as their Curator
scholar. Personally, she was
2000 to 2006, most notably in
of Collections and then as
loved and admired for her
reorganizing collections and
Chief Curator of Collections
warmth, kindness, humility
records in accordance with the
and Research. Throughout
and openhearted spirit. Jill is
highest professional standards.
her career, Jill worked closely
greatly missed by her friends
with the South Carolina
and colleagues at Historic
Jill specialized in Edgefield
Federation of Museums and
Charleston Foundation.
pottery and potters. She edited
also served as president of
the award winning volume
the South Carolina Museums
P restigious Grant Awarded to Foundation to Protect
Aiken-Rhett House Interiors
Historic Charleston Foundation was
awarded a prestigious grant from
same time, the Foundation will continue to fulfill the important
interpretive goal of presenting the house as it was lived in, with
the National Endowment for the
Humanities in the amount of $40,000
to benefit the Aiken-Rhett House
Museum, 48 Elizabeth Street, c. 1820.
The grant will enable the Foundation
to better understand and eventually
natural ventilation and without air conditioning.
mitigate the direct effects of climate on the condition of the
collection and historic finishes at the house museum and to
provide for their longevity. A comprehensive plan will be developed to provide a sustainable means of managing the interior
environment.
By studying current conditions and planning sustainable,
low-impact methods of intervention, staff can better manage
the interior environment and preserve the collection. At the
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This project will build upon a feasibility study conducted by a
team of experts made up of: Building Conservation Associates,
Inc., Watson & Henry Associates, and Wendy Jessup and Associates, Inc. This team continues to prepare an overview of the
current conditions of the buildings, the collection, the landscape
and the museum’s interpretive program. Throughout the project,
which will employ some of the same key consultants, the team
will continue to work closely with Foundation staff.
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Historic Charleston Foundation officially launched the Nathaniel
In addition to investigating intrinsic evidence, evaluating all available
Russell House soft furnishings project with donations from several
resources is a major component of the process. The team visited the
Trustees and Mr. and Mrs. James P. Barrow. Soft furnishings include
Charleston Museum to examine many well documented early-nine-
the textiles, such as carpeting, window treatments, bed hangings and
teenth century examples, including two extremely rare chair cushions,
wall finishes that were integral to period interiors. This project was slat-
coverlets, toilet table covers, and tie-on chair slip covers—all with
ed to be the final phase in the Nathaniel Russell House renovation that
Charleston provenances and appropriate for the Russell House. These
began in the 1990s. Twenty years later, we can now employ scientific
examples are excellent prototypes for reproduction textiles and pres-
methods, previously unavailable, to gather essential evidence regarding
ent partnership opportunities with the Museum.
architectural surfaces to better understand decorative treatments. In
addition, we have a better understanding of nineteenth-century house-
The second floor rooms, including the two drawing rooms and bed-
keeping, room usage, goods available in Charleston and the Russell
chamber, are the focus of the initial project. However, it is necessary
family.
to consider the holistic environment and to examine evidence in
the entire house so that we better understand room usage. The team
The research team, Natalie Larson, textile historian and reproduction
has made many new discoveries in its efforts to determine the goods
specialist; Susan Buck, paint archaeologist; and Kathy Staples, Southern
available in Charleston. They are also analyzing seasonal patterns for
textile historian and conservator, convened at the Nathaniel Russell
carpets and furnishing fabrics in the city, as wealthy Charlestonians
House in late June. The group steadily worked with Curator Brandy
redecorated their houses during the hot summer months.
Culp to investigate window treatment evidence, conduct additional
paint analysis, examine period textiles in local collections, and reassess
All of this material will be uploaded into our research database along
textiles and wood surfaces in the second-floor bedchamber.
with research regarding the Russell family and intrinsic evidence
found within the house. The database will allow us to “connect the
Using scientific advancements and methodologies developed since the
dots” and establish an ever more period-accurate interpretation of the
first renovation in the 1990s, Susan Buck and Natalie Larson excavated
rooms within the house museum.
for curtain hardware evidence throughout the house. With rare earth
magnets and other scientific equipment, Buck and Larson identified
solid evidence for early window hangings in the dining room and second-floor bed chamber. The team proved that early hangings were not
present in the drawing or withdrawing rooms. The absence of window
treatments has allowed the Advisory Board to begin investigating
options for period carpets in these two rooms.
In the master bedchamber, the team disassembled the current window
treatments and bed hangings in order to search for evidence of hardware, such as tacking holes, which would reveal the period decorative
treatments. While Buck examined the window surrounds and took
paint samples, Culp, Larson, and Staples analyzed the textiles in this
room for period accuracy. With the assistance of furniture conservator
Russell Buskirk and the rare earth magnets, they thoroughly examined
the four-poster bed for evidence of original bed hangings and hardware
remnants. During these investigations, the team discovered compelling
evidence for original window hardware and possible wall color. Larson
will provide her recommendations for a permanent new bedroom
installation. A re-installation of the bedroom will be relatively low-cost
since bed chambers were often dressed with lighter fabrics that are
Dr. Susan Buck, paint archaeologist, recently conducted additional paint analysis in previously
unstudied areas. Staff hopes her samples will render more evidence regarding the second
floor “best bedchamber” and third floor rooms.
readily available today.
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Foundation concludes Friends Lecture Series for the Year
FriendsoftheFoundation were welcomed to lectures that were
also open to the public. The series included topics such as:
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of Edgewood Builders (Feb. 5th)
David Hoffman, president of Edgewood Builders and an expert
collector, highlighted many valuable and sought-after antique
tools, including timbering tools, measuring and layout tools,
bench tools, crown molders, braces and bits, sash tools, tools as
art, Charleston planes, and Continental tools used to create beautiful and unique historic architecture.
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Historic Paint and Mortar Compositions (May 15th)
Betty Prime and Kalen McNabb of Meadors Construction, gave
attendees a closer look at the common materials, paint and mortar and how they can reveal significant and often surprising information that can aid in the preservation of historic buildings. They
illustrated the world of preservation beneath the microscope and
highlighted specific techniques used in their field of study.
To learn more visit www.historiccharleston.org/friends.
Thank you Friends program sponsor - Glenn Keyes Architects
Allen Research Fellow Selected
This fall Carolyn Shuler was selected as the Allen
Research Fellow in Decorative Arts Studies, and her
work to gather and organize primary documentation and more, for Nathaniel Russell House Museum
research initiative has been instrumental to the soft
furnishings project. A native of Columbus, Georgia,
Carolyn Shuler is a graduate from the University of
Georgia with a B.A. in History and Art History.
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Seconds: Dueling in Charleston (July 11th)
Grahame Long, curator of The Charleston Museum, gave attendees insight on the history of dueling. Despite being formally outlawed in 1812, dueling among southerners remained an
almost standard, albeit deadly, solution for any number of personal matters. Practiced from the Colonial period and well into
the 19th century, it is argued that South Carolinians - Charlestonians especially - competed in more duels than any other community throughout the United States, and though certainly not
restricted to South Carolina, dueling found full expression here
in both frequency and public acceptance.
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Character and Soul in the Holy City and Beyond (Aug. 22nd)
Haskell Harris discussed why specific architectural periods and
decorative art styles are relevant in today’s design world. During
the lecture, she used examples of historic architectural features
from the Foundation’s warehouse to illustrate how “what’s old
is new again.”
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The Foundation Donates to Save the Angel Oak
In August, Historic Charleston Foundation
helped kick-off the Lowcountry Open Land
Trust’s fundraising campaign to purchase 17
acres of land adjacent to Angel Oak Park with
its gift of $50,000. This purchase will save the
property from the development of 376 residential and mixed commercial units while also
protecting the Angel Oak, a historic landmark
that has survived for centuries.
“In keeping with the Foundation’s mission, we are
committed to preserving the history of Charleston through its historic urban and rural resources
which give this city and region its unique character,” said Kitty Robinson, President and CEO
of Historic Charleston Foundation. “The Angel
Oak offers a real link with history that all can
enjoy now and experience in the future. The collaborative effort
between the community and several institutions demonstrates its
importance.”
Kitty Robinson later signed the proclamation during the dedication ceremony in December 2013.
HistoricCharlestonFoundationiscommittedtoworkwiththeLowcountryOpenLandTrusttoensurethattheland
adjacenttothehistorictreeisprotectedfromintensedevelopmentthusmaintainingthehealthoftheAngelOak.
F oundation Files Appeal to Stop Demolition of Historic
Limehouse Produce Building
Historic Charleston Foundation, a nonprofit organization with a mission to
preserve and protect the
integrity of Charleston’s
architectural, historical,
and cultural heritage, filed an appeal in August with the Charleston
County Planning Office against a permit issued to demolish the old
Charleston County Wholesale Vegetable Market on Wappoo Road
in West Ashley, an area historically known as Dupont Crossing. The
appeal resulted in a ‘hold’ on the demolition until the matter was
later heard by the Charleston County Board of Zoning Appeals on
October 7. Where it was unanimously voted that the building did
not have enough historic significance to require a special exemption,
upholding the original decision to issue the demolition permit.
The main portion of the market building was constructed in 1941
and served as a site where family farmers would pool resources
and centralize business operations. The original building, which
contained storage, packing rooms and a produce scale, was adjacent
to the old Seaboard Air Line and near the Atlantic Coast Railroad
Line. The two rail lines were abandoned between 1960 and 1970
and now form the terminus of the 2.5 mile bike and walking path
known as the West Ashley Bikeway. The Wholesale Vegetable Market was purchased in the 1950s by the Limehouse Family and has
been unoccupied for a number of years.
While the Foundation filed this appeal based on article 9.8 Historic Preservation of the County of Charleston Zoning and Land
Development Regulations, the building was completely demolished
in October.
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The cultural sites along Charleston’s Museum Mile came together for the 5th annual Museum Mile Weekend on September 2022. A single pass allowed visitors complimentary admission to
thirteen sites along and around Meeting Street in historic downtown Charleston over the course of the three-day weekend. The
Nathaniel Russell House Museum and the Aiken-Rhett House
Museum proudly anchored each end of the mile and offered
scavenger hunts for children and families during the event.
Major Strategic Plan Initiative
Under the leadership of Trustee, Virginia Lane and the Strategic
Planning Committee, the strategic plan was presented to Trustees in September and subsequently approved in November. All
departments will focus on advancing the mission of Historic
Charleston Foundation with the Following “bold initiatives”:
Historic Charleston Foundation will expand its reach in four
elements of its work:
• We will deepen the Foundation’s commitment to
preservation, advocacy, and livability in the Lowcountry,
while supporting broader cooperation within the
1. Expand and redefine the Edmunds Revolving Fund
2. Confront issues related to traffic, transportation, mobility
and parking on the Peninsula
3. Increase educational programming, particularly at the
community to ensure that the city and region continue to
prosper.
• We will strengthen our stewardship of the Foundation’s
historic resources and utilize and promote them as models
Museum Houses
4. Develop, enhance, and promote the House Museums
as “living laboratories” by advancing innovative
preservation approaches and educational interpretation
for preservation practice and interpretation.
• We will expand our community engagement with strong
educational initiatives and broad outreach.
• We will heighten our organizational capacity in finance
and governance.
Because of the Foundation’s keen knowledge of the history of
Charleston and its commitment regarding future growth, the
Trustees and Staff are equipped to continue their advocacy role
in the community. The Foundation will advocate for preservation and smart growth - collaborating with public and private
sector leaders to address critical opportunities and challenges
facing the Lowcountry in the next decade. We will continue to
play an active role in addressing threatened architecture, land,
history and culture in the city and region and will continue to
be relevant as a progressive preservation organization.
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The Foundation ensures that Charleston and its Lowcountry
environs prosper collectively as a historic, inspiring, living city
and region by preserving the built, cultural, and archaeological
and natural resources.
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The Carolina Pewter Collection
Available at The Shops of Historic
Charleston Foundation
The Carolina Pewter Collection was new to The Shops
of Historic Charleston Foundation in October. It includes
beautiful and functional hand crafted pieces of pewter
designed in the uncommon style of colonial pewter beakers.
The collection features the State Seal of South Carolina and
may be personalized for a special touch.
The Carolina Pewter Collection is available online,
www.historiccharleston.org/shop or by calling 843.724.8484.
The Carolina Pewter Collection features Mint Julep Cups, Jigger, Jewelry Box and more.
House Museum Docents Benefit from Whirlwind Educational Tour
In September, Historic Charleston Foundation staff and house
museum docents enjoyed an educational study tour to Asheville
and the mountains of North Carolina. This tour was organized by
Lauren Northup, Nathaniel Russell House Manager, an Asheville
native.
stewardship of Mrs. Edmunds’ daughter, Langdon, and her husband, Joe. The trip concluded with a guided tour of St. John in the
Wilderness Episcopal Church.
The trip began with a walking tour of Biltmore Village, where the
creation of the church and the village were placed in historical
context by members of Asheville’s Historic Resources Commission. The next morning, the group was greeted at the front door
of Biltmore House by Vanderbilt descendant and President of the
Biltmore Company, Mr. William Cecil, Jr., and given a behindthe-scenes tour of the house and gardens by experts from Biltmore’s curatorial and conservation staff. Presentations were made
by Darren Poupoure, Head Curator; Lori Garst, Curatorial Staff;
Anne Battram, Upholstery and Costume Conservator; and Parker
Andes, Director of Horticulture.
The following day, the group traveled further afield to Sherrill’s
Inn, a National Historic Registry property and working family
farm in Fairview, N.C. Staff and then to Flat Rock, N.C., where
they enjoyed a box lunch on the grounds of Many Pines, which
was the summer home of Frances R. Edmunds, first director of
Historic Charleston Foundation. The property is now under the
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October Benefactor Tour
Donors of $500 and above are recognized at the Benefactor
Level and are invited to take part in exclusive events such as
Benefactor Day Trips. These popular fall and spring day tours
allow the Foundation’s donors to get a unique and educational
behind-the-scenes experience at private plantations and historic
locations throughout the Lowcountry.
On October 1, 2013, Benefactors spent a day exploring the
historical landscape of the west branch of the Cooper River led
and interpreted by the Foundation’s Manager of Research and
Education Katherine Saunders Pemberton and sponsored by
Glenn Keyes Architects. Donors had exclusive tours of Mulberry Plantation, the oldest exposed brick manor house to survive
in the Carolinas and Georgia as well as Mepkin Abbey, a working monastery for Cistercian monks established on Mepkin
Plantation, land of Henry Laurens, in 1949.
To learn more about Benefactor Tours, contact Helen Wolfe,
[email protected].
Curator of Historic Charleston Foundation Receives the Hollins
University Distinguished Young Alumna Award and represents
the Foundation at Career Conference
Curator Brandy S. Culp ‘98
received the Distinguished
Young Alumna Award at
the 2013 Hollins University
Reunion in October. Hollins
presented Culp with the award
for “alumnae who have brought
distinction to themselves and
to Hollins through broad and
inspiring personal or career
achievements, volunteer
service, or contributions to
society.” Culp is among five other alumnae to receive the “Distinguished Young Alumna” distinction.
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Culp was also among approximately one hundred Hollins University alumnae who returned to
their alma mater to share tips, tools, and tricks of the trade with hundreds of current students
on landing that first job during Hollins’ second annual Career Connection Conference (C3) in
October. As a panel participant, she shared her career path as well as day-to-day experiences
as the curator of Historic Charleston Foundation with students and fellow alumnae.
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The Aiken’s Art Gallery Restored
Built by the Aikens in 1858 to display their art collection, their
private gallery is the only such intact example in the Southeast and a rarity even at the time it was constructed. In 2013
Decorative plaster expert David Hueske repaired damaged
nineteenth-century plaster details on the elaborate cornice,
and then painters returned the wall surfaces to their original
Foundation staff worked to plan and implement a re-installation
of the Aiken-Rhett House Museum art
gallery as it appeared in the nineteenth
century. While we maintain an “as
found” preservation philosophy for the
site, the room was partially restored by
The Charleston Museum, then addi-
1858 color, based on paint archaeologist Susan Buck’s research.
In late December, Foundation staff
worked with Andrew Steever of Squarepoint Design and his team of expert art
handlers to reinstall the fine art in the
gallery per a plan that is keeping with
the room’s mid-19th-century appear-
tional efforts were made by Historic
ance.
Charleston Foundation, including climate controlling the room to protect the
artwork within. It was the decision of the
Foundation to complete the restoration
that began many years prior in order to
The final touches, such as moving the
large sculpture of Mary Magdalene to
its original location within the art gallery and more have since been complet-
present an accurate interpretation.
ed. The Aikens purchased this sculpture
The first phase of this project was returning the newly conserved painting of
Harriet Aiken to its original location in
in Italy while on their grand tour in
1858, and the “ghost” marks remain on
the floor to show its original location
within the gallery. This more accurate,
this room. Thanks to the generosity of
donor and Aiken-Rhett family descendant Harold Bowen, the remaining
period-interpretation and new floor
plan will allow guests to enter into the
room and view the collection to a better
components of the project commenced in early November. The
fine art was deinstalled in order to restore the plaster and walls.
advantage while also improving our education initiatives.
Foundation Study Travel Group Visits Boston
In late October, the Travel Group experienced the best of Boston. Participants enjoyed study tours of private residences on
Beacon Hill, attended the Ellis Antiques Show Preview Party at
the Boston Center for the Arts, and toured the USS Constitution Museum with Director Ann Rand. Other exclusive, private
tours included selected galleries and exhibitions at the Museum
of Fine Arts, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and the
private Brandegee Estate. In order to keep up their energy, the
group dined in style at the Chilton Club, The Country Club
and the Somerset Club.
For more information about the Travel Study Program,
contact Winnie Deshong, [email protected].
PARTICIPANTS INCLUDED:
Liz Battle
Kathee and Marty Beirne
Judy and Ralph Doering
Lynda and Lip Lipscomb
Susan and Ned Payne
Kitty and Randal Robinson
Sandra and Flip Vineyard
Cynthia and Stephen Wood
The group stands in front of the USS Constitution
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Magnolia Cemetery Comes
Alive during Tour de Graves
The hauntingly beautiful Magnolia Cemetery once again
transported visitors through time during the 3rd annual Tour
de Graves, the second at this site. With the help of generous
professionals from local museums and talented storytellers, the
landscape came alive with tales of romance, war, achievement,
heroism and family ties in the Holy City.
R emembering John Frampton Maybank
John Frampton Maybank, born July 27, 1945 in Charleston, SC,
the son of David Maybank and Marion Taber Maybank, passed
away October 31, 2013.
Mr. Maybank graduated from the Gaud School for Boys in
Charleston and earned a BA from Tulane University and an
MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He served as an officer in the US Army with the 8th Special
Forces Group known as the Green Berets and was stationed in
the Panama Canal Zone where he completed extremely rigorous
courses in scuba diving and paratrooping. At the time of his
retirement in 2012 as Senior Vice President and Financial Consultant at Morgan Stanley, Mr. Maybank had become one of the
most highly regarded financial advisors in South Carolina.
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Mr. Maybank played an enormous role in the community
through his service as Treasurer of the Board of Historic
Charleston Foundation for 5 years. He also served on the
Boards of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra, Coastal Carolina Community Foundation, where he served as Chairman,
Gibbes Museum of Art, Magnolia Cemetery, and Porter-Gaud
School, which honored him with its “Distinguished Alumni
Award.” He was a member of Grace Episcopal Church, was
a Rotarian, and was a member of the Agricultural Society,
Carolina Yacht Club, Country Club of Charleston, St. Andrews
Society, St. Cecilia Society, South Carolina Society, Yeamans
Hall Club and many others.
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Foundation Partnered
with Charleston
Symphony Orchestra’s
Remix
Historic Charleston Foundation was proud to
partner with Remix, the Charleston Symphony
Orchestra’s circle of young supporters, dedicated
to developing and inspiring the next generation of
classical music listeners through innovative and
diverse performance experiences.
Guests enjoyed an evening filled with music by Charleston Symphony Orchestra Remix musicians performing Marcello,
Mozart and popular songs of the 19th and early 20th centuries in the elegant setting of the Nathaniel Russell House Museum.
L ong-time supporter, Katherine Ann Taylor Andrus passed away
Ann co-founded
Charleston Strolls,
A true historian, Ann was an active member of several
history-related organizations, including Historic Charleston
one of the first walking tour companies in
Charleston. She also
led tours for many
other organizations,
including Historic
Foundation, the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR),
Preservation Society of Charleston, Charleston Tour Association, South Carolina Historical Society, Friends of the Old
Exchange, South Carolina Methodist Historical Society, and
others. Among other civic contributions, she served the City
of Charleston on the Clean City Commission for eleven years,
Charleston Foundation. She wrote the
book TheNameShall
beBethel, a history
where she created Clean City Clara, and was President of the
Lake Sandhurst Garden Club.
of Bethel United
Methodist Church and Methodism in South Carolina, as well
as several other published articles in newspapers, a cookbook,
and historical volumes. She also co-authored Charleston’sOld
ExchangeBuilding:AWitnesstoAmericanHistory.
Ann was a guide for the Foundation’s Festival of Houses and
Gardens for over 26 years, received the prestigious Frances R.
Edmunds award in 2005 and was also a guest lecturer on several occasions, presenting the topics she studied and loved.
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Foundation Takes the Lead on Flood Insurance Rate Hike Issue
L to R: April Wood, Foundation’s Manager of Easements
and Technical Outreach; Christopher Cay, President of
Cay Insurance Services; Winslow Hastie, Foundation’s
Chief Preservation Officer and Pat O’Neil, Sullivan’s Island
Town Council Member.
In November,
Foundation staff
took the lead work-
vation regulations to allow for historic buildings to be raised up
to base flood levels or be demolished entirely.
ing with a broad
coalition of partners
to understand how
the Biggert-Waters
Flood Insurance
Reform Act of 2012
will impact owners
The Foundation staff worked with colleagues at Preservation
of historic properties
Through persistence, the Foundation was able to get this on the
Action and the National Trust for Historic Preservation in
Washington, D.C., to determine how the national preservation community was planning to address the impacts of this
pending Act. However, those organizations were not aware of
the legislation or the potentially massive consequences that
it would have on historic coastal and riverine communities.
in flood zones. The
purpose of the Act is to eliminate government subsidies for
properties located in flood-prone areas, since the National
Flood Insurance Program has been operating at a significant
deficit since Hurricane Katrina in 2005. However, what the
radar of the lobbyists at the National Trust and Preservation
Action. A grassroots coalition of organizations in New Orleans
has been leading the charge on lobbying for amendments to
this bill to at least delay the most negative impacts of the Act.
Because of this, a bill called the Homeowner Flood Insurance
majority of supporters of this bill in the House likely did not
Affordability Act was presented in both the House (H.R. 3370)
consider is what effects huge rate increases would have on existing historic communities across the country. By essentially
eliminating the “grandfathered” status of historic buildings in
the FEMA regulations, this Act would significantly raise ex-
and the Senate (S. 1610), which delays for four years the most
problematic portions of Biggert-Waters.
isting flood insurance premiums, causing the value of historic
buildings all over Charleston and other local communities to
go down. This is creating political pressure to weaken preser-
issue. Please be sure to subscribe to email updates for the
latest information, www.historiccharleston.org/subscribe.
The 2014 Ticket Office Opens
on November 1st with Record
Setting Ticket Sales
With nearly $20,000 in sales the first day, the 67th
annual Festival of Houses and Gardens as well as
the 11th annual Charleston Antiques Show is off
to a great start. The ticket office opens annually on
November 1 and runs through the duration of the
Festival.
Learn more about the 2014 Festival and Antiques
Show, www.historiccharleston.org.
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The Foundation will continue to advocate in regard to this
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C ainhoy Plantation Development Advocacy
The pristine Cainhoy Plantation, a 9,000 acre former plantation that
• The Foundation is also alarmed about the potential density of the
was annexed into the city of Charleston in 1991, is slated for a large,
property, and how that will ultimately be distributed across the three
multi-phased development, the largest such development in the city’s
PUD zones. The proposed allowable density would be quite subur-
history. The scope of the project and the significance of this prop-
ban, with 2.1 units per acre, which ignores many of the best practices
erty merit a deliberate and participatory planning process. Historic
we have learned more recently from large-scale projects that have
Charleston Foundation has continued to advocate for further conver-
clustered development to preserve acreage that highlights the area’s
sation and analysis regarding the future of Cainhoy Plantation, located
natural and cultural resources. More intensive development (higher
along the Wando and Cooper Rivers north of Daniel Island.
density or industrial uses) should be clustered on portions of the
property that are less sensitive, i.e. along Clement Ferry’s Road.
The area is abundant with important cultural resources, such as 18th
century houses, historic cemeteries, the remnants of the original
Charleston City Council since approved the large-scale development
colonial road to Clements Ferry landing, and many archaeological
plan and related rezoning requests during a four hour-long meeting
sites, there has never been comprehensive survey of the tract. Historic
on Tuesday, February 11, 2014.
Charleston Foundation has advocated for a cultural resources survey
of the property since the mid-1990s, and has been involved in raising
awareness of the significant cultural landscape surrounding the
Cainhoy Plantation property since before 2003, when it nominated
the Cooper River Historic District to the National Register of Historic
Places. The Cooper River Historic District is located just to the north
of Cainhoy Plantation. The City’s Preservation Plan also identifies this
area as an important rural landscape worthy of protection.
Historic Charleston Foundation’s position regarding the Planned Unit
Developments (PUDs) proposed on this property is based on the need
to have the development team and the City proceed cautiously with
a project of this magnitude while providing the public with adequate
time and information to fully understand the project’s scope.
• Historic Charleston Foundation is concerned about the development’s impacts to cultural resources across the entire 9,000-acre
property. A cultural resources survey needs to be conducted to include
extant historic buildings, sites, cemeteries, historic landscapes and
archaeological resources. These resources need to be considered, protected and/ or mitigated before development occurs.
• The Foundation believes that it is inappropriate to surround the 1819
Church of St. Thomas and St. Denis in an industrial zone. Also, the
proximity of the proposed industrial zone along Cainhoy Road to the
Francis Marion National Forest is of concern.
The Foundation continues to advocate for community input, preservation and appropriate development for this property.
For more information, please visit www.historiccharleston.org/CommunityIssues.
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E xciting Technologies Bring the Aiken-Rhett House to Life
Historic Charleston Foundation began work on an exciting project
the Foundation to continue its “preserve as found” philosophy and at
to create a digital rendering of the double drawing rooms at the Aik-
the same time show visitors a depiction of how the rooms would have
en-Rhett House Museum as they would have appeared in their heyday.
appeared. Stay tuned to learn when the virtual restoration will make
The project is made possible with funding from the National Trust for
its debut.
Historic Preservation’s Cynthia Woods Mitchell grant, a grant by the
Yaschik Foundation, and an in-kind donation from Liollio Architecture. To create this 3 dimensional view of the rooms as they would
have looked during two earlier periods, the Foundation is partnering
with local architects Liollio and Associates, the Clemson/ College of
Charleston Masters Program in Historic Preservation, the Lasch Lab,
and the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), a division of the
National Park Service.
The HABS team worked onsite at the Aiken-Rhett House in November, using a 3D laser scanner to create highly accurate measurements
of the rooms and some of the collection pieces. Four Clemson/College
of Charleston Master’s program students will work with HABS and
Liollio Architecture during their winter break to translate the raw data
into HABS quality drawings and usable data for the 3D rendering of
the double drawing rooms. The final HABS drawings will be housed
permanently in the collections of the Library of Congress.
The final 3D rendering, which will be displayed on a touch screen
computer in the double drawing room, will show a virtual restoration
of the room. The image will include 19th century paint finishes, wallpapers, furniture, artwork, curtains and carpets. This approach allows
HABS technician, Paul Davidson, sets up targets at the Aiken-Rhett House Museum that helped guide
the 3D laser scanner in measuring each detail in the rooms.
Live Oak Trees Planted at the Nathaniel Russell House Museum
Historic Charleston Foundation and the Charleston Trees
Group planted two new Live Oak trees in front of the Nathaniel
Russell House Museum in December. The Charleston Trees
Group, part of the Charleston Horticultural Society, planted
its tree in honor of one of their founding members, and one of
our former trustees, Mayo Read. Read is a charter member of
the Charleston Horticultural Society and was being honored
for his work there. The Foundation planted a tree in honor of
Benjamin Lenhardt, a Foundation supporter, current National
Advisory Council member and Chair of the Garden Conservancy. The City Arborist, Danny Burbage was on hand to
emcee the ceremony.
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H istoric Charleston Foundation Partners with Charleston Parks
Conservancy to Support Renovation of Colonial Lake
The long-awaited Colonial Lake Renovation Project is on the horizon
thanks to a public/private partnership between the Charleston Parks
Conservancy, the City of Charleston and Historic Charleston Foundation. Colonial Lake, a Charleston landmark established in 1768 by the
Commons House of Assembly, encompasses a city block in the midst
of several neighborhood communities. The Foundation has donated
$25,000 toward the lake’s renovation as little has been done to improve
it in the last 30 years. Even so, Colonial Lake continues to entice
Rendering of renovated Colonial Lake at the corner of Broad Street and Ashley Avenue.
residents to walk, run, gather and relax in its charming surroundings.
The emotional connection Colonial Lake has with current and former
residents is strong.
“The Charleston Parks Conservancy is enhancing neighborhoods
through the restoration and vast improvement of the city’s parks with
the focus on their becoming thriving community-focused areas. Colonial Lake, located in the Old and Historic District, is a park renovation
project that will help ensure this historic neighborhood’s viability and
livability for generations, and we are very proud to be a partner in this
exciting project,” said Kitty S. Robinson, President and CEO of Historic Charleston Foundation.
Harry Lesesne, Executive Director of the Charleston Parks Conservancy and Kitty Robinson,
President and CEO of Historic Charleston Foundation at Colonial Lake)
Night of Celebration for Women in Preservation
On December 4, Historic Charleston Foundation held the
inaugural Women Who IMPACT Preservation event, a night of
great celebration and fun. The inspirational vision and leadership of the dynamic event chair and Historic Charleston Foundation Trustee, Monica Seeger, culminated in a revitalizing and
successful event in support of the Foundation’s Neighborhood
Impact Initiative.
“We are so respectful of what Geona does to preserve the very
core of our historic city and its exciting future,” said Kitty
Robinson, President and CEO of Historic Charleston Foundation, “Through her stellar commitment to Charleston and its
citizens, she represents the very best of what preservation is all
about, and we are proud to name her the 2013 Woman Who
Impacts Preservation.”
The evening’s honoree, Geona Shaw Johnson, Director of the
Department of Housing and Community Development, has
worked for the City of Charleston since 1995 and is considered
one of the most effective leaders in the housing industry in the
State. Geona’s commitment to Charleston and to its citizens
has had a vital impact on buildings, neighborhoods, and most
particularly, an impact on people.
Geona is known for “making it happen” by thinking strategically and utilizing the power of partnership. Historic Charleston
Foundation is fortunate to have Geona and the City as well as
Charleston Habitat for Humanity as partners in the Neighborhood Impact Initiative, which supports the renovation and
restoration of threatened historic properties on the peninsula.
All of the night’s proceeds were directed to this key partnership
and important effort.
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inaugural IMPACT event:
BB&T Wealth
Pathfinder Foundation, Inc.
Richard and Julia Moe Fund of the
National Trust for Historic Preservation
In-Kind Sponsors:
Burwell’s Stone Fire Grill
Croghan’s Jewel Box
Duncan Parnell
Eli’s Table
Event DRS
Eyeland Production, LLC
Fox Audio Visual
Good Food Catering
Holy City Hospitality
Hyams Garden and Accent Store
Natasha Lawrence Calligraphy
Lettered Olive
Peninsula Grill
Scales Cocktails
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth T. Seeger
Tara Guerard Soiree
The Beach Company
Tristan
Hostesses in Preservation
Claire B. Allen
Jill Almeida
Lydia Applegate
Anne Barnes
Elizabeth Beak
Tater Beak
Anne Blessing
Myra Burrus
Walker Buxton
Susanne Buck Cantey
Jill Chalsty
Carol Clement
Vereen H. Coen
Susan Collins
Georgia Darby
Rebecca Darwin
Sandra Deering
Ceara Donnelly
Sarah L. Donnem
Meredith Dunnan
Charlotte Fairey
Marilyn Frank
Susan T. Friberg
Helen L. Geer
Jessica Gibadlo
Shannon Gillespie
Amanda Griffith
Tara Guerard
Kaminer Haislip
Betsy Halstead
Mary Hammond
Catherine Hanhauser
Katharine Hastie
Sarah-Hamlin Hastings
Mariana R. Hay
Jody Davids Hiott
Scottie Hoffman
Julie Holton
Edith Howle
Anne Smith Hutson
Charlotte Jenkins
Cindy Hay Johnson
Anne Prescott Keigher
Melinda Morse Laurens
Sebrina Leigh-Jones
Elizabeth Rivers Lewine
Dolly Lockwood Lipman
Lynda Lipscomb
Doerte McManus
Rhetta A. Mendelsohn
Virginia Moore
Sandy Morckel
Weesie Newton
Suzi Parsell
Pamela M. Pearce
Patricia G. Prioleau
Peggy Rash
Kitty Robinson
Zoë Ryan
Missy Sauls
Margaret Pringle Schachte
Monica Seeger
Michele Seekings
Tricia Shannon
Anne Smith
Jane Smith Smith
Margaret Smith
Sally J. Smith
Judy Tarleton
Molly Tarr
Maurice Thompson
Mary Thornley
Janice D. Waring
Elizabeth Warren
Judy Werrell
Neita Wiese
Cappi Wilborn
Cynthia McNair Wood
Elizabeth M. Guerard Wright
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Save-the-Date
for the second annual “Women Who IMPACT Preservation”
event on December 3, 2014 at the Historic Rice Mill Building
(17 Lockwood Drive, Charleston)
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Preservation and Museums Department Acquisitions Report
Archives and Library Acquisitions
The Margaretta Childs Archives is home to documents, photographs, architectural drawings, and more, which provide historical
and architectural information on the buildings (mostly) in the
downtown historic district. The Archives also house the early
records that document the establishment of Historic Charleston
Foundation. Historic Charleston Foundation’s library collection
consists of books, pamphlets, technical reports, and video recordings about historic preservation, architecture, building and decorative arts, Charleston and South Carolina history, gardens and
landscaping, and archaeology. Visits are by appointment. Contact
Karen Emmons, [email protected], to schedule
an appointment or donate materials. Search the Online Catalog
accessible through Historic Charleston Foundation’s website for
more information.
2013 was a busy year for the Margaretta Childs Archives and
Historic Charleston Foundation’s library. Whether researchers
came to the archives or requested information remotely, Karen
Emmons, Archivist/Librarian, handled a total of 442 researchers.
Of those, 51% were in-person, 30% were by email, and 20%
were by phone. Researchers included architects, homeowners,
scholars, historic preservationists, archivists/librarians, undergraduate and graduate students, realtors, staff members, authors, and
publishers. The research topics and the researchers were diverse
and interesting, and they came from all over the United States
and abroad.
One of the major highlights for the year was the June launch of
The Margaretta Childs Archives Online Catalog. The online catalog contains the records for thousands of items from the Archives
(historic building documentation, photographs, drawings, and
other materials) and almost 1,900 publications in Historic Charleston Foundation’s library. The online catalog will be updated on a
regular basis as new items are added, so check it often, and if you
don’t find what you’re looking for, contact Karen Emmons.
Archives and Library Gifts, Books, Purchases
and Other Acquisitions
2013.006.
Four books: Old American Houses and How to Restore Them
[1700-1850] by Henry Lionel Williams and Ottalie K. Williams (Garden
City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Co., 1946); Modern Cabinetwork, Furniture and
Fitments by John Hooper (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1952, 6th ed.);
The Story of English Windows by E.A. Humphery Fenn (London: Society
for Promoting Christian Knowledge, n.d.); What to Look for in an Old
Church by J. Hope Urwin (London: Society for Promoting Christian
Knowledge, 1934).
2013.014.
Twelve books related to architecture, preservation, urban planning, Charleston history, and antique furniture: “The Colony of a
Colony”: Historical Connections Between South Carolina and Barbados, from the Pages of the South Carolina Historical Magazine
(Charleston: South Carolina Historical Society, 1998); Rural by Design by Randall Arendt (Chicago: American Planning Association,
c. 1994); Architecture: Form, Space, and Order by Francis D.K.
Ching (New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, c. 1996, 2nd ed.); The
Economics of Historic Preservation: A Community Leader’s
Guide by Donovan D. Rypkema (Washington, D.C.: National Trust
for Historic Preservation, c. 1994, 1st ed.); Arts & Crafts Style by
Isabelle Anscombe (London: Phaidon, 1996); The Landscape of
Man: Shaping the Environment from Prehistory to the Present Day
by Geoffrey and Susan Jellicoe (New York: Thames and Hudson,
1995, 3rd ed.); Saving America’s Countryside: A Guide to Rural
Conservation by Samuel N. Stokes, A. Elizabeth Watson, Shelley
S. Mastran (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997, 2nd
ed.); A Concise Glossary of Architectural Terms by John Henry
Parker (London: Senate, c. 1994); Preserving the Built Heritage:
Tools for Implementation by J. Mark Schuster (Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, c. 1997); Modern Architecture and
Design: An Alternate History by Bill Risebero (Cambridge, MA:
MIT Press, c. 1982); Contemporary Urban Planning by John M.
Levy (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, c. 1991, 4th ed.); Field
Guide to American Antique Furniture by Joseph T. Butler (New
York: Henry Holt, 1986, 1st Owl Book ed.)
2013.016. Print: “Brasington House” [328 East Bay Street] by Janusz Neszi, 1991.
2013.017. Over one thousand Kodachrome, Ektachrome, and Agfachrome color
slides featuring architecture, streetscapes, and historic sites.
2013.022. Color copy of 1858 admiralty chart of Charleston Harbor, annotated to
show the positions of forts and batteries in 1863.
2013.023. Nine books: City of Charleston Year Books for the years 1882, 1883,
1922, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, and South Carolina: A Handbook
(Columbia, S.C.: Dept. of Agriculture, Commerce & Industries and
Clemson College, 1927).
2013.026. Thirty silver gelatin photographs of Charleston buildings and street
scenes taken after the 1938 tornadoes.
2013.027. Two books: Rethinking the Museum and Other Meditations by
Stephen E. Weil (Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press,
c. 1990); Conservation Concerns: A Guide for Collectors and Curators
edited by Konstanze Bachmann (Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian
Institution Press, c. 1992).
2013.034. Seventy-three color slides of the exterior and interior of the Aiken-Rhett
House, c. late 1970s-early.
Library Book Purchases
2013.004.01 Lowenthal, David. The Past is a Foreign Country (Cambridge (UK):
Cambridge University Press, c. 1985)
2013.004.02 Parissien, Steven. Regency Style (London (UK): Phaidon, 1992)
2013.007. Book: Nineteenth-Century Decoration: The Art of the Interior by
Charlotte Gere (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1989).
2013.004.03 Saumarez Smith, Charles. Eighteenth-Century Decoration: Design and
Domestic Interior in England (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1993)
2013.008. Two early-20th century postcards: City Hall and U.S. Custom House.
2013.004.04 Thomas Sheraton’s Classical Revival Furniture Designs: The
Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer’s Drawing-Book, 1791-1794
(New York: Dover Publications, 1972)
2013.010. Five c. 1930s postcards of Charleston buildings; nineteen c. 1930s
photographs of buildings and street scenes in Charleston and vicinity.
2013.011. One book: New Classicism: The Rebirth of Traditional Architecture by
Elizabeth Meredith Dowling (New York: Rizzoli, 2004).
2013.004.05 Hosey, Lance. The Shape of Green (Washington, D.C.: Island Press,
2012)
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Other Acquisitions
2013.024.1 Book: The Ladies Benevolent Society of Charleston: 200 Years of
Service (Charleston, SC: Ladies Benevolent Society, c. 2013)
2013.030.1 Book: Legendary Locals of Charleston, South Carolina (Charleston,
S.C.: Legendary Locals [Arcadia], c. 2013)
Gifts to Warehouse/Architectural Elements
Collection
2013.019.
One hundred eighteen pieces of early- to mid-19th century door
hardware, including hinges, locks, and knobs.
2013.020.
Window system and shutters, and French doors, transom, and jamb.
2013.021.
Eight wood four-panel doors, Greek Revival in style, from a c. 1860
Summerville cottage; one cast-iron fireback manufactured by Foering
& Thudium; one hanging electric globe lamp.
2013.025.
Six sets of double-hung three-light over one-light window sashes.
These and many other architectural elements are for sale or study. For more
information about the Study Collection or about purchasing or donating an
architectural element to Historic Charleston Foundation, contact Will Hamilton,
[email protected].
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Object Acquisitions
Linen Press with Secretary and Dressing Drawers, Charleston,
SC, c. 1800-1810. Mahogany, mahogany veneer with holly, white
pine, red cedar and yellow poplar. Historic Charleston Foundation collection purchase with funds donated by Mr. and Mrs.
James P. Barrow, 2013.034.001.
This rare linen press, which features both secretary and dressing
drawers, is not only an excellent addition to the Foundation’s
collection, but it will also allow us to enhance our interpretation
at the Nathaniel Russell House Museum, as we improve our
presentation of daily living in the early nineteenth century. Thanks
to funding from Mr. and Mrs. James P. Barrow, Historic Charleston
Foundation purchased this rare Charleston-made linen press,
and it is currently displayed in the bedchamber of the Nathaniel
Russell House, soon slated to undergo a full restoration.
Attributed to German cabinetmaker John Gros (1780-1853), it
is quite a unique form. Hidden behind double faux fronts is a
fully-outfitted dressing drawer adjacent to a diminutive secretary
drawer, with a locking prospect drawer, flanking pigeon holes,
and drawers above. Within the upper case are five linen drawers,
and in the center of the original pediment is an arched center
tablet showing a stylized inlaid heart flanked by inlaid oval floral
paterae. The combination of a dressing and secretary drawer as
well as the use of a decorative heart inlay is the only known example from Charleston.
Arm Chair and Three Side Chairs, probably Charleston, SC,
1800/1810. Mahogany with yellow pine and ash. Historic
Charleston Foundation collection purchase, 2013.035.001-004.
Historic Charleston Foundation is committed to preserving
Charleston’s built environment as well as material culture, and
when given the opportunity to unite a set of rare Neoclassical,
Charleston-made chairs, the Foundation committed to this
purchase. These four chairs are from a set of twelve or more, six
of which are currently displayed in the Nathaniel Russell House
dining room. The other two known chairs will remain in the
Museum of Early Decorative Art’s (MESDA) collection. Used in the
“Governor’s pew” of St. Michael’s Church and gifted by the Vanderhorst family, the set is believed to be the largest-known extant
group of chairs with a Charleston association. Seating furniture of
a similar design was described in the 1802 New-York Price Book
as “Square Back” chairs “With gothic arches, and four turned
columns…plain taper’d legs.” This set has a well-documented
provenance in the Vanderhorst family and are discussed in The
Furniture of Charleston. The four Neoclassical chairs are an excellent addition to the collection and enhance our interpretation of
the Nathaniel Russell House dining room.
Gifts
Madonna della Seggiola, copy after Raphael (1483-1620),
mid-nineteenth century; original c. 1513/14, Italy. Oil on canvas
with original gilt frame. Gift in memory of Harriet Rhett Bowen
Woodruff and Harriet Rhett Maybank Bowen, 2013.031.001.
Copies of European masterpieces were an important way for
American patrons to show their knowledge and appreciation of
the arts as well as to signify
The return of the Madonna della Segtheir level of wealth and
giola after Raphael to the Aiken-Rhett
refinement. Governor and
collection, along with the conservation
Harriet Aiken commissioned
and re-installation of the Harriet Aiken’s
life-size portrait, was the inspiration for
this copy of Madonna della
reinstalling the arty gallery to a more
Seggiola after Raphael (1483period-accurate interpretation. The
1620), and from the composcientific analysis and conservation of
sition to the elaborate frame,
Flagg’s grand portrait of Harriet Aiken
was made possible by funding from
it is an excellent replica of the
Aiken-Rhett descendant Harold J.
original housed in the Palazzo
Bowen. Mr. Bowen worked with Dr. and
Pitti collection in Florence.
Mrs. Gerald G. Woodruff to arrange the
Governor Aiken went abroad
permanent donation of the Aiken’s copy
of Madonna della Seggiola.
on at least three occasions,
but the family most probably purchased this copy on
their grand tour of 1857-58. According to Harriet Aiken’s travel
diary, they spent six weeks in Florence and undoubtedly visited
the Palazzo Pitti, built in 1457 and later acquired by the Medicis.
During their year-long travels, nephew and artist Joseph Daniel
Aiken was supervising the construction of their private art gallery,
and upon their return, the Madonna della Seggiola would have
been grandly displayed within this room.
Lady’s Combing Jacket, American, early 19th century. White
cotton with long sleeves, ruffle at neck and on sleeves, gathered
in the back. Gift of Kathleen Staples and Joe Ashley in honor of
Brandy S. Culp, 2013.032.001.
As we move forward with the soft furnishings project, objects
such as this lady’s combing jacket will greatly further our period
room interpretation and understanding of daily life in the nineteenth century. Combing jackets were worn by fashionable ladies
at their toilette, a term that refers to both the ritual of dressing
and the articles a woman used while preparing for the day. The
combing jacket was an essential part of the toilette; it would have
been worn to protect the lady’s outfit from makeup and particles
associated with the coiffing of the hair.
Music Book, Charleston, 1809. Cardboard cover decorated
with marbleized paper, printed interior sheets with hand-scoring; frontispiece signed: Alicia H. Russell. Gift of Charles Duell,
2013.033.001.
This book contains musical scores as compiled and transcribed
by Alicia Russell Middleton. In her own hand, she has included
popular compositions, including From a Smile to a Tear, Rondo
Pastorale, Fly not Yet, Wandering Jew, and Palomita Galop by
F.B. Helmsmiller.
Overmantel Mirror, English, 19th century. Giltwood with gesso;
three-part with arched central section with foliate dividers. Gift
of Mr. and Mrs. William Semmes, 2013.36.001.
Long Sampler, English, c. 1660. Linen worked with cross stitch
and outlined with silver thread and embroidery. Gift of Patricia
D. Altshul, 2013.037.001.
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Technically brilliant and exceedingly rare, this early sampler is one
of two documented companion pieces—one in embroidery and
the other in lace—thought to be by the same hand. The design
is well-rendered with various complex needlework techniques
showing scenes of ladies bearing flowerheads, an African hunter,
and numerous animals all intricately worked.
Miniature Sampler, Sarah Chalkley, English, 1726. Worked on
unbleached linen with small motifs. Gift of Patricia D. Altshul,
2013.037.002.
Seven Miniature Garments and Embroidered Trimmings, Rosa
Constance, English, c. 1840. Linen and cotton. Gift of Patricia D.
Altshul, 2013.037.003.
These extremely well-rendered items were removed from the
pages of Constance’s presentation book.
Mother and Two Children, English, c. 1800. Silk embroidery with
watercolor, colored silks in long and short stitch; original frame
and mount. Gift of Patricia D. Altshul, 2013.037.004.
Young Girl, English, c. 1790. Silk embroidery with watercolor,
colored silks in long and short stitch; original frame and mount.
Gift of Patricia D. Altshul, 2013.037.005.
The Grape Picker, French, c. 1810. Silk embroidery with watercolor. Gift of Patricia D. Altshul, 2013.037.006.
Pair of Hall Chairs, New York, 1840/1850. Mahogany with mahogany veneer. Gift in memory of Harriet Rhett Bowen Woodruff
and Harriet Rhett Maybank Bowen, 2013.038.001-002.
Object Transfer to Colonial Williamsburg
Foundation
Door Surround from the Radcliffe King House (built c. 1800,
demolished 1930s), including headpiece and two jambs, Charleston, c. 1800. Wood with gesso and composition decoration.
Gift of Historic Charleston Foundation to Colonial Williamsburg
Foundation.
Historic Charleston Foundation was pleased to donate the door
surround from the Radcliffe King House to the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Built in 1800 by Thomas Radcliffe, the
house was one of Charleston’s finest Neoclassical structures, with
elaborately ornamented woodwork and plaster. Lucrettia Radcliffe
occupied the house after her husband’s death until 1821. Her
probate records as well as period letters document her eccentric
personality as well as the lavish furnishings and textiles that decorated her grand house. This mansion at the corner of George and
Meeting streets was later acquired by Judge Mitchell King, who
was known for his lavish balls and entertainments. Unfortunately,
the house was demolished in the 1930s to build the College of
Charleston Gymnasium, but elements such as the mahogany
doors, plaster ornaments and cornices, doors and window trim
as well as other wood work were relocated to the Dock-Street
Theater and installed for the buildings reopening in 1937. Historic
Charleston Foundation later acquired two door surrounds from
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the Radcliffe-King House for its architectural fragments collection.
Gifted to the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, one of these
surrounds will be displayed in the exhibition, A Rich and Varied
Culture: The Material World of the Early South. Colonial Williamsburg conservators plan to conduct paint analysis and then
fully conserve this significant architectural element. The team at
Colonial Williamsburg will share all research findings related to
the Radcliffe King door surround with the Foundation, so that we
can better document the remaining fragment in our collection.
In addition, their conservation data will be instrumental should
Historic Charleston Foundation decide to conserve the other
fragment. This gift and ensuing collaboration will help to further
preservation and scholarship in addition to allowing both organizations to better document one of Charleston’s most significant
lost Neoclassical structures.
Loans
Arthur Middleton of Bolton Plantation on the Stono (1785-1837),
Attributed to John Wesley Jarvis (English-born, American painter, c. 1781-1839), c. 1819, Charleston. Oil on canvas. Lent by
Annely Klingensmith, L.2013.005.001
Spoon, William Carrington (working 1830-1901), Charleston,
mid-nineteenth century. Silver, engraved MJL. Lent by Annely
Klingensmith, L.2013.005.003.
Teaspoon, possibly Henry Sardet, London,1804/1805. Silver,
engraved with the Middleton crestLent by Annely Klingensmith,
L.2013.005.004.
Spoon, Unidentified maker, London, 1825/26. Silver, engraved
JMH. Lent by Annely Klingensmith, L.2013.005.005.
Spoon, William Chawner or William Crofton, London.
1831/32. Silver, engraved JAM. Lent by Annely Klingensmith,
L.2013.005.006.
Thanks to the generosity of Russell and Middleton family
descendant Annely Klingensmith, the portrait of Arthur Middleton attributed to John Wesley Jarvis (ca. 1780-1840) as well as
family-owned silver spoons are on loan to the Nathaniel Russell
House. The portrait is exhibited in the dining room near the painting of his wife, Alicia Russell, by Edward Savage (1761-1817). Mrs.
Klingensmith has generously loaned four nineteenth-century silver
spoons that descended in the family through the Middleton-Russell line. These objects allow the Foundation to better interpret
the material world of the Russell family as well as nineteenth-century decorative and fine arts traditions in Charleston.
Cup with Handle, Qing Dynasty, Jiaqing Period, China, c. 1820.
Porcelain with enameled decoration. Lent by The Charleston
Museum, Charleston, SC, L.2013.003.001.
Plate, Qing Dynasty, Qianlong Period, China, c. 1770. Porcelain
with overglaze, hand-painted famille rose pseudo tobacco-leaf
pattern. Lent by The Charleston Museum, Charleston, SC,
L.2013.003.002.
Preservation and Museums Department Acquisitions Report
Platter, Qing Dynasty, Jiaqing Period, China, c. 1820. Porcelain with enameled decoration. Lent by Lauren J. Northup,
L.2013.004001.
Photographs courtesy of The Charleston Museum
This cup, platter and plate represent two of the most notable
surviving export porcelain commissions by prominent Charlestonians. Such exotic ceramics were a high-status commodity in the
parlors, dining rooms, and even bedchambers of the Lowcountry’s wealthy inhabitants. These examples are exhibited in the
newly established Nathaniel Russell House gallery and are prominently featured in the exhibition, The Era of Opulence: Decorative
and Fine Arts in Early Charleston.
19th century, Salem, MA, silver; Epergne, late 19th century,
probably England, silver and crystal; Water Pitcher, Hayden
Brothers and Company (1852-1855), c. 1852/55, Charleston,
SC and New York, NY, silver, engraved JEA. Lent by G. Fraser
Wilson Jr. and F. Preston Wilson, L.2013.008.001-021.
The attribution to John Gross was made by Gary Albert, who has extensively researched Charleston’s German school of cabinetmakers. He kindly shared this information in advance of presenting
or publishing his findings.
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Betty-Bright P. Low, “Of Muslins and Merveilleuses: Excerpts from the Letters of Josephine du
Pont and Margaret Manigault,” Winterthur Portfolio, Vol. 9 (1974), 32-33.
iii
http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/power-breakfast-inspired-by-a-king-the-18th-century-toilette/#sthash.
jzyf8Z9t.dpuf (accessed January 18, 2014.)
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Between 1817 and 1823, Charles Izard Manigault (1795–1874)
traveled as a merchant to such far-flung places as China, India,
Australia, and parts of South America. In 1820, while in Canton,
Manigault ordered a 381-piece dinner service “with Arms & crest
Painted Brown.” Canton enamellers reproduced the brownFitzhugh pattern and copied the coat-of-arms from Manigault’s
engraved bookplate. Manigault’s set of armorial porcelain
represents an extraordinary commission in both its quality and the
vast number of serving pieces.
Of noteworthy workmanship, the plate belongs to a complete
dining service of unknown original size that Daniel Ravenel (born
1732) ordered from a manufacturer near Pekin (current Beijing).
This service was used primarily at the family’s Wantoot Plantation,
in Berkeley County. The Charleston Museum currently holds 119
objects from this extensive set, and larger numbers are still in
family collections. Together, these pieces constitute the largest
surviving Chinese export porcelain service with a colonial American history.
Exhibition Loans for Christmas in the
Lowcountry:
Various objects for setting of the dinner service including
punch cups, crystal water glasses, Belgian fruit knives and glass
decanters. Lent by The Charleston Museum, Charleston, SC,
L.2013.006.001-011.
Six Limoges Oyster Plates. Haviland Company (1842-present),
probably 19th century porcelain. Lent by a private collector,
L.2013.007.001-006.
Various objects for the setting of the dinner service including Set
of Six Wine Glasses; Pair of Candlesticks, 19th century, Russia.
Silver; Carving Set, Gorham (1831-present), late 19th century,
Providence, RI, Steel, silver mounts and horn; Carving Set, Gorham (1831-present), 1898, Providence, RI, steel, silver mounts,
horn, ruby inset; Pair of Casters, Gorham (1831-present), late
19th century, Providence, RI, silver; Pair of Saltcellars, Bailey
and Kitchen (founded 1832), 1833-1846, Philadelphia, PA, silver
and gilt; Salt Spoon, William Eley and William Fern (working
1797-1808), with earlier date letter for 1776/7, London, England,
silver; Salt Spoon, Daniel Low and Company (established 1867),
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2013 Donors
INDIVIDUAL DONORS
1947 Guild- $25,000 +
Mr. and Mrs. James P. Barrow
Mr. and Mrs. Harold J. Bowen, Jr.
President’s Guild- $10,000 +
Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Almeida
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Clement III
Anonymous
Walled City Guild- $5,000 +
Dr. and Mrs. James C. Allen
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Avlon
Elizabeth L. Battle and
Treadwell Covington
Mr. and Mrs. William R. Beak
Mr. and Mrs. Craig M. Bennett, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Brumley
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Burrus
Mr. and Mrs. Van C. Campbell
Mr. and Mrs. John E. Cay III
Mr. and Mrs. John S. Chalsty
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen T. Colbert
Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Dolson
Mrs. Roland W. Donnem
Mrs. Eric G. Friberg
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence W. Gillespie
Lou Rena Hammond
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Hill
Mr. and Mrs. P. Frederick Kahn
Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Keigher
Mr. and Mrs. Peter R. Kellogg
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas B. Lee
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin F.
Lenhardt, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest B. Lipscomb III
Elizabeth A. Mcgettigan
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Payne III
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Rash, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Rini, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Simons
Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Tarr, Jr.
Elizabeth B. Warren
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Williams
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Wood
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Woodward
Landmark Guild- $2,500 +
Mr. and Mrs. William Barnes
Annette C. Chamberlain and
Minh V. Nguyen
Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Coen
Mr. Paul B. Day, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Michael L. Elliot
Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Ferguson
Mr. and Mrs. W. Foster Gaillard
Mr. Wilbur E. Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Lilly
Dr. and Mrs. Albert B. Mercer
Mrs. Thomas J. Parsell
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth T. Seeger
Mr. and Mrs. Park B. Smith, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Widger
High Battery Guild- $1,000 +
Mr. and Mrs. Conrad P. Albert
Mr. Ivan V. Anderson, Jr. and Dr.
Renee Anderson
Mr. and Mrs. John P. Barnwell
Mr. and Mrs. David J. Bauhs
William L. Beadleston and
Charlotte L. Beers
Mr. and Mrs. Martin D. Beirne
Mr. Stevenson B. Bennett
Mr. and Mrs. Jackson W. Burnett III
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence F. Burtschy
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas. H Cameron
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart A. Christie
Dr. J. R. Cockrell
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Coppedge III
Mr. James M. Davis
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony A.
DeCesaris, Jr.
Mrs. James W. Decker
Mr. and Mrs. Gary T. DiCamillo
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Doering, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Ellis
Mr. and Mrs. Karl Gedge
Helen L. Geer
Mr. and Mrs. S. Parker Gilbert
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Graham
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Greer, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell B. Guerard
Mr. Alan Haid
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Hanley
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Hastings
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Hazelton
Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Hinson
Mr. Bruce Horten
Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Hutson, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Orton P. Jackson, Jr.
Mr. Jon Katzenbach
Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Lane
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Langston
Karyn S. Lee
Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Long
Dr. Carl Lounsbury
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Lupton II
Margaret Malaspina and
Derrick Niederman
Mr. and Mrs. Cole Oehler
Dr. and Mrs. John M. Palms
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Paul
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur J. Prezzano
Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Ravenel
Mr. and Mrs. Randal M. Robinson
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander M. Ryan
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Schneider
Patricia M. Sethness
Mr. and Mrs. Edward M.
Simmons, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Whitemarsh S. Smith III
Mr. and Mrs. D. Van Noy Smith, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Stone
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sullivan
Mr. and Mrs. Blake Tartt
The Rev. Dr. George J. Tompkins
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Tribble
Mr. and Mrs. Philip P. Vineyard
Mr. and Mrs. Bradish J. Waring
Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Watson
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. White
Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Woodward, III
Patricia Ann Young Estate
Benefactor Guild- $500 +
Mrs. Peter W. Allport
Mr. and Mrs. Allan J. Anderson
Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Applegate III
Andrea Biel-Cohen
Mr. and Mrs. James Bingay
Dr. and Mrs. Walter Dale
Blessing, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Brumgardt
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore C. Brush
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Bryan III
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence R. Burtschy
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Cathcart III
Mr. and Mrs. Marc E. Chardon
Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Chitty
Mr. and Mrs. William S. Cogswell, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. James L. Coker
Mr. and Mrs. Priestley C. Coker III
Dr. John A. Colwell
Brandy S. Culp
Rebecca W. Darwin
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Davis
Mr. and Mrs. William H. deButts, Jr.
Mr. John K. Dewberry
Catherine Dority
Mr. and Mrs. Fitz H. Dove
Dr. and Mrs. James B. Edwards
Joan M. Ferrill
Mr. and Mrs. George C. Francisco IV
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Mr. and Mrs. David G. Gabriel
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen F. Gates
Mr. Peter B. Goodrich
Mr. and Mrs. James T. Gottwald
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J.
Hardwick, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph T. Harper
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Harris
Sarah S. Harrison
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Harth
Penelope W. Hastie
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Hautt
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Haygood
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Haythe
Mr. and Mrs. H. Douglas Hinson
Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Hood
Edith Howle and Rick Throckmorton
Mr. and Mrs. Barry I. Kalinsky
Mr. and Mrs. Marsh King
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Kirkland, Jr.
Susan L. Klaus
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh C. Lane, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. John W. MacDonald
Patricia B. Manigault
Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Marshall
Mr. and Mrs. David Maybank III
Mr. and Mrs. Francis X. McCann
Dr. and Mrs. Kennon McLean
Capt. and Mrs. Todd E. Missroon
Margaret S. Moore
Sandy Morckel
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Morse
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond F.
Murphy, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Lloyd Newberry
Mr. and Mrs. Barton A. Proctor
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Pruitt
Mr. Charles A. Rankin
Mr. and Mrs. W. Mason Rees, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. J.G. Reves
Carol Rice
Kathleen H. Rivers
Mr. John A. Robb
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Rouse, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Schafer
Mr. and Mrs. David Silliman
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Simons III
Mr. and Mrs. Joel A. Smith III
Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Smith, Jr.
Jeanne D. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley M. Stevens
Mr. and Mrs. Harold R. Talbot
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Tanenbaum
Mrs. W. Leigh Thompson, Jr.
Mr. James Thompson
Mr. Thomas E. Thornhill
Patience Davies Walker
Mr. and Ms. W. C. Walters III
Lt. Gen. and Mrs. Claudius Watts
Mr. and Mrs. T. Deacon Webster
Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Webster
Rear Adm. Arthur M. Wilcox
Mr. and Mrs. Laurens G. Willard
Mr. John Young
Cornerstone Guild- $250 +
Mrs. Paul Abbey
Mr. and Mrs. Roger G. Ackerman
Ann Ahuero
Jackie Anderson
Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Applegate III
Ann Griffith Ash
Pat Bajenski
Mr. Ken M. Baroody
Carolyn Batcheller
Rosemary Baxter
Mr. and Mrs. James Bay
Georgia Bell
Margie Biggar
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Bleecker
Mrs. James Boland
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel W. Boone III
Nancy Bractic
Mr. and Mrs. Randall Bridwell
Judy Brunk
Gail Calfee
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Carter, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Christian III
Mr. and Mrs. Munroe Cobey
Mr. and Mrs. Chisolm L. Coleman
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Conrad
Mr. Peter Conway
Mary Conway
Mr. and Mrs. James D. Corr
Carol Crawford
Nancy Damon
Mr. and Mrs. E. Bart Daniel
Mary Helen Davenport
Pam Diehl
Sharon Dies
Mr. Martin E. Doern
Mr. Richard P. Donohoe
Mr. and Mrs. Howard D. Edwards
Mr. David A. Elder
Kay English
Suzanne Fain
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert H. Frazier
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Frederick
Mrs. David Fulton
Mrs. Robert Galbach
Mr. Gilbert E. Galle
Mrs. David Garratt
Mr. and Mrs. G. Robert Gillis, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Phillip Greenberg
Mr. William Griffin
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hamilton
Jessica Harper
Mr. and Mrs. George S. Hartley
Suzanne Harvie
Mr. and Mrs. Winslow W. Hastie
Dr. Sarah L. Hayes and The Hon.
John C. Hayes III
Dr. and Mrs. Paul M. Herring
Crystal Hickman
Maureen Higdon
Mr. and Mrs. David B. Hoffman
Patsy Holmes
Mr. Matthew Holt
Mickie Huebsch
Mr. John Paul Huguley
Mary Pope Hutson
Nita Jackson
Mrs. Douglas Kern
Col. and Mrs. Raymond A.
Kessler, Jr.
Mollie King
Carolyn Kolconay
Cynthia Koury
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Krawcheck
Mr. Joe Lacey, Jr.
Millie H. Lathan
Mr. John Lauritsen
Dr. Linda J. Lear and
Mr. John W. Nickum, Jr.
Elizabeth Craig Rivers Lewine
Mr. and Mrs. Fulton D. Lewis, Jr.
Dr. Heng F. Lim
Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Lipuma
Elizabeth Locke and John Staelin
The Hon. and Mrs. James M.
Lombard
Mr. Robert M. Long
Lynne Lorenz
Mr. and Ms. William C. Lortz
Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Maguire III
Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Mani III
Deborah Mann
Lisa Marshall
Mr. and Mrs. Irénée d. P. May
Mr. and Mrs. Franklin W. McCann
Mrs. Charles McConnell
Mrs. Craig McConnell
Dr. and Mrs. J. S. McDaniel
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert B. McGuire, Jr.
Jane T. McLain
Mr. James E. McMahan
The Hon. and Mrs. Joseph S.
Mendelsohn
Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Meyercord
Mr. Alexander W. Mitchell
Mrs. Dixon Morgan
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Morris
Susan Morrison
Annette Mullendore
Mrs. Dale Naylor
Sally Neville
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Newman
Barbara Noel
Dr. and Mrs. Beale H. Ong
Jeannie Osborne
Constance S. Parramore
Cynthia Partlow
Josephine W. Patton
Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Pearce, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Peters
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Phipps, Jr.
Suzanne Pierce
Joyce Pinckney
Dr. Etta D. Pisano and
Dr. Jan A. Kylstra
Mr. Warren Pollard
Marguerite Potter
Whitney Powers
Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Pratt-Thomas
Miss Rebecca Price
Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Prioleau
Dr. and Mrs. Armstead B. Pruitt, Jr.
Jackie Puhl
Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Ravenel
Mary Reynolds
Dr. and Mrs. J. T. Richards
Mr. and Mrs. John E. Royall, Jr.
Jennifer Sullivan Sanford
Margaret P. Schachte and
Hal S. Currey
Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Shiverick
Mary Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Gary S. Smith
Dr. and Mrs. Charles D. Smith III
Mr. Bill Stewart
Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Stone, Jr.
Virginia Strong-Tidman
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Symes
Sandra Tabler
Mr. Jacques Theriot
Mr. George C. Thomas
Marcie Thompson
Mr. John Tice
Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Tomlin
Betty Tone
Christine Townsend
Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Tribble
Carol Turk
Anne Turner
Mr. and Mrs. Hans Utsch
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Van Schaack
Mr. Jeffrey Wadsworth
Judith A. Walker
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Waring
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Waters
Ann Watson
Mary Weber
Dinah Weems
Mr. and Mrs. David L. Wertz
Ivis Westheimer
Elizabeth M. White
Barbara G. Williams
Barbara E. Williams
Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy N. Willits
Mrs. Alston O. Wolf
Mr. and Mrs. William S. Wood II
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Woodall
Dr. and Mrs. Scott Woodfield
Mr. and Mrs. Brian K. Young
Cindy Zinns
Donors- $100-249.99
Lela Agnew
Dr. and Mrs. William B. Allen
2013 Donors
Elza M. Alterman
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Apici
Mrs. W. E. Applegate IV
Lee Ann Bain
Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel I. Ball III
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Barkley
Nella G. Barkley
Elizabeth Beak
Mr. Doug Beckley
Wendy W. Belser
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Benton
Belle Berg
Brenda D. Bettger
Nancy Bierman
Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Black
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Blagden, Jr.
Claire Blake
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Bland
Mr. Walter Boags
Jennifer Boles
Kathryn Bond
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Boone, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Boswell
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Bowe
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bowen, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Bowers
Dana Boyd
William Brantley
Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Breyer
Mr. and Mrs. W. Walker Brock
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Brown
Anne Bruce
Dr. and Mrs. Steve Buck
Susan L. Buck and Ed Chappell
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bunn
Mr. and Mrs. James Burchfield
Mr. and Mrs. Franklin L. Burke
Mr. and Mrs. John Burkel
Yaeko Busic
Mr. and Mrs. John E. Buxton
Mr. and Mrs. Damon Byrd
Lesley A. Cadman and
James J. Catalano
Dr. and Mrs. J. P. Cameron, Jr.
Janet Campbell
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Canonico
Mr. and Mrs. Willis Cantey
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Capelli
Mr. Richard E. Carlson
Mr. and Mrs. Weatherly Carr
Julia Cheshire
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Chodkowski
Elizabeth Farley Clark
Judith D. Clark
Ellen P. Clark
Mr. Michael Cochran
Deborah Cole
Susan Collins
Mr. and Mrs. Michale Cone
Tammy Connor
Jane S. Cook
Mr. and Mrs. Elliott T. Cooper, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Charles E. Corley III
Mr. and Mrs. Boyce V. Cox, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Crabtree
Mr. and Mrs. Steven E. Craig
Prudence Crozier
Mr. David Cruthers
Anne B. Daniell
Georgia Darby
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph De Brux
Mr. and Mrs. Spencer S. Deering
Julie Dees
Patricia C. Deveau
Jane Dodge
Melody Donlin
Ceara Donnelley
Mr. Wayne G. Douglas III
K. D. Doyle
Mr. and Mrs. Lucas C. Drake
Constance L. Drayton
Shirley Duenckel
Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Dunn
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Dunnan
Ann Dyer
Margaret P. Eastman
Debra Echols
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E.
Eiserhardt, Jr.
Mrs. Durbin Emerson
Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Ennis
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar C. Etritch, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. F. S. Fairey, Jr.
Leslie Farinella
Mr. and Mrs. Philip A. Feld
Nancy Fendrich
Sarah Fick
Mr. and Mrs. Ross P. Flax
Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Foulke
Marilyn Frank
Mr. Nathan C. Frederick
Mr. and Mrs. Jay E. Frick
Mr. and Mrs. Peter H. Fritts
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Furr
Mr. and Mrs. Paul B. Galvani
Dorothy Garland
Mr. and Mrs. Reed Garrett
Mr. and Mrs. William Geary
Katherine A. Geffcken
Mr. and Mrs. James B. Gibadlo
Mr. Bingham Gilardi
Mr. and Mrs. H. Wilson Glasgow, Jr.
Audrey Goddard
Leslie Gores
Dr. and Mrs. Mark Green
Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Gridley
Amanda Griffith
Dr. and Mrs. Jim Gross
Mr. and Mrs. David L. Grumman
Dr. and Mrs. Orin F. Guidry
Margaret L. Gumb
Mr. and Mrs. D. Maybank Hagood
Sidonie Haines
Kaminer Haislip
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Hall, III
Betsy S. Halstead
Mr. and Mrs. George Hambleton
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Hammond
Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Hanckel, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Handegan
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hanger
Mrs. Martin Hanhauser
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Harken
Mr. and Mrs. Mac R. Harley
Mrs. and Mrs. William Harnett
Kathy Hartz
Mr. and Mrs. David M. Hay
Cynthia Hay Johnson
Mr. Robert F. Hayes
Sherry Hayslip Smith
Mr. David O. Haythe
Barbara K. Henderson
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin F. Herrington
Mr. and Mrs. Clay Hershey
Mr. and Mrs. Gary G. Hill
Mr. and Mrs. Paul G. Hines
Jody Davids Hiott
Dr. Jo Ann Hiott
Anne Hokin
Judy Holliday
Julie Holton
Mr. Paul K. Hooker, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Ozey K. Horton, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel W. Howell IV
Margaret G. Huchet
Mrs. Cathy Hudson
Maureen J. Huff and Larry Millhouse
Dr. and Mrs. Richard J. Hull
Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Hussey
Mr. J. A. Ingle, Jr.
June Mathewes Iseman
Mrs. Ernst A. Jaffray
Louise Jardine
Emily Jeffreys
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Jenkins
Charlotte A. Jenkins
Dr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Jenrette III
Mr. Steven Jensen
Sue John
Sally B. Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Johnson
Mr. Edward D. Jones III
Mr. Nicholas C. Jones
Mr. Charles Jordan
Margaret Jorgensen and Gar Marcel
Ferris K. Joyner, Jr. and
Derek C. Riggs
Mr. and Mrs. Mark W. Julian
Peggy L. Karcher
Kathryn Karlyk
Lt. Col. Ret. and
Mrs. Robert J. Karrer, Jr.
Schuyler T. Keating
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Keegan
Mr. and Mrs. Hunter Kennedy
Teresa King
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Kinney
Mr. William J. Kirby
Mr. and Mrs. John Kline
Lisa Kline
Mr. Kenneth Kloss
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Knapp
Mr. and Mrs. William D. Knox II
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Kreutzer
Hilde Kuck
Mr. and Mrs. Todd B. Kuhl
Mr. and Mrs. Darrell W. Kunard
Dr. James L. Lancaster and
Mr. Steve Donaldson
Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Land
Mrs. and Mr. Diane L. Langston
Mr. and Mrs. John Laurens III
Susan Lebowitz
Susan Leggett
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Leigh-Jones
Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Levengood
Alice F. Levkoff
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Lindstrom
Dorothy L. Lipman
Pat Lobinger
Edith T. Loening
Mr. and Mrs. Wade H. Logan III
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lonneman
Mr. James D. Lubs
Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Lucas
Mr. and Mrs. Rick Luebke
Mrs. Jeannette MacDougal
Mr. and Mrs. R. Douglas MacIntyre
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Mackles
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Manger
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Martin, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. James Martin
Mr. Burnet R. Maybank
Mr. and Mrs. Jon C. Mazzoli
Dr. Christina D. McCart
Robin McCravy
Mr. and Mrs. W. Wallace McDowell
Dr. Michael N. McKee
Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. Mcmanus
Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. McPike
Dorothy H. Meacham
Mary Blake Meadows
Dr. and Mrs. Charles E. Merkel
Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Middleton
Mr. and Mrs. Blake Middleton
Janie Larkin Miller
Karen Miller and Joe Ferrante
Ms. and Mr. Lucy Mooney
Mr. David Moore
Mr. and Mrs. Edward R. Moore, Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin A. Moore, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Moore
Janet Mountz
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Munnell
Annette Murphy
Anne D. Nelson
Mr. and Mrs. Gary S. Nelson
Weesie W. Newton
Marian Nisbet
Mr. and Mrs. Al Niver
Christy Noll
Mr. and Mrs. William Notz
Mr. and Mrs. J. Carey O’Cain
Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Osborne
Dolores J. Osuna
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Palmer
Linda Pasley
Mr. Dwight F. Patterson
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Peabody III
Mr. and Mrs. Marion B. Peavey
Laura Pelzer
Christa Percopo
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce C. Perkins
Cheryl Peterson
Mr. and Mrs. David J. Pisarcik
Adm. Douglas C. Plate
Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Prioleau
Mr. and Mrs. David Pugh
Dr. and Mrs. Newton G. Quantz, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Quinn
Mr. James Ramsay
Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin O.
Ravenel, Jr.
Margaret T. Rawls
Mr. and Mrs. Peter B. Read
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Rearden, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. David Reeg
Dr. and Mrs. Carl R. Reynolds
Dr. and Mrs. Gilbert C. Rice, III
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Ritchie
Mr. and Mrs. George E. Roberts III
Mr. and Mrs. Claron A. Robertson III
Dr. and Rev. Ron Robinson
Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Robling
Col. and Mrs. J. G. Richards Roddey
Mr. Charles E. Roemer
Karen Rogers
Carolyn Rogers
Dr. and Mrs. Hudson C. Rogers
Jamee Rosa
Delores Rosebrock
Diane E. Rowan and William King
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Rumer
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rush
Mr. and Mrs. Roger D. Ryan
Mary Lynn Ryder
Lalla H. Saleeby
Camber A. Sammons
Dr. and Mrs. Balzer C. Sandrock
Carol W. Sanford
Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Sauls
Drs. Richard and Anne Saunders
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Savage
Mr. Gilbert P. Schafer, Jr.
Mr. Gilbert P. Schafer III
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Schell
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon D. Schreck
Mr. Joseph Scudeck
Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Seekings
Mr. and Mrs. William Semmes
Mr. and Mrs. Allan H. Senker
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Shamamian
Patricia M. Shannon
Jessica Shatto
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Slabaugh
Sally Smith
Mr. Richard W. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Ken Smith
Leslie T. Smith
Barbara H. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Philip T. Snead
Mr. and Mrs. D.R. Spell
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Spitz
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Springer
Mr. and Mrs. Howard W. Steadman
Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Stecker, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Stelling
Susan M. Stevens
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stobaugh
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Straus
Dr. and Mrs. Robert K. Stuart
Mr. James V. Sullivan
Mr. and Mrs. George E. Summers
Helen Sutton
Mr. and Mrs. Larry W. Tarleton
Dr. and Mrs. Harold Simmons
Tate, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. B. Walter Taylor, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Jon S. Templeton, Jr.
Mr. William Terry
Mr. and Mrs. Albert A. Thibault, Jr.
Diane Thomas
Mr. and Mrs. Stoney Thornley
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Tison
Gina Tjersland
Mr. Donald Tofias
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Tompsidis
Mary Ellen Tonis
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Trask, Jr.
Mr. Robert Trezevant
Elisa O. Tunno
Mr. and Mrs. William R. Tyler
Mr. William Tyne
Mr. and Mrs. William E. Vance
Mr. and Mrs. Doug Vinsel
Stevenson T. Walker
Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Walker
Mr. and Mrs. William M. Walker II
Dr. and Mrs. Wallace E. Walker
Dr. Keeling and Mrs.
Barbara Warburton
Dr. Sandra S. Watson
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Watson
Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Way, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Edward L. Welsh
Mr. and Mrs. William Werrell
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick H. West
Mr. and Mrs. Larry West
Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Westbrook
Mr. and Mrs. David Wetta
Mr. Fred White
Ann B. Whitener
Neita A. Wiese
Mr. and Mrs. D. Sykes Wilford
M. P. Wilkerson
Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Williams
Mr. and Mrs. Jay Williams, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Witsell
Capt. and Mrs. Richard Wright
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Wyman
Mr. and Mrs. J. Rutledge Young, Jr.
Mr. Robert Young
Mr. Philip Zea
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Zirzow, Sr.
Anita G. Zucker and
David Popowski
Donors- Up to $99
Lane Ackerman
Mr. and Mrs. Hunter S. Allen, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Aller
The Rt. Rev. and Mrs. C. F. Allison
Patricia D. Altschul
Dorothy Anderson
Mr. and Mrs. David R. Avrutick
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald S. Banks
Dr. and Mrs. John V. Barnes III
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Bates
Vickie Baumann
Dr. and Mrs. Norman H. Bell
Mr. Thomas R. Bennett
Faythe Benson
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Berlinsky
Renee M. Betros
Mr. Allan R. Bomhard
Mr. Don Bommarito
Mrs. J.E. Bradham
Mr. John Breslin, Jr.
Linda Brickman
Eloise Brooks
Dr. Kimberlee T. Brown
Belinda Cagle
Elizabeth Caldbeck
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2013 Donors
The Rev. A. C. Cannon, Jr.
Barbara Carmichael
Mr. John P. Case II
Mr. Henry W. Caughman
Mr. and Mrs. Adrian J. Chanler
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Ciancio
Mrs. A. B. Clement
Helen S. Corry
Bonnie D. Coward
Melissa K. Creech
Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Daniell
Rachel P. Davis
Julia - Ellen C. Davis
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Day, III
Mr. Paul W. Day, IV
Mr. John H. Debnam
Christine DeJoy
Dr. and Mrs. Fletcher C. Derrick, Jr.
Winifred M. DeShong
Ann W. Dibble
Helen R. Dovell
Mr. Charles H. Drayton
Kristy Dukelow-Kehoe
Mr. Paul Dunlap
Kathryn Durst-Glenn
Mr. and Mrs. David J. Elliott
Patricia Elrod
Mr. Curtis Estes
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fair
Carol Falk
Myrna Fawcett
Mr. and Mrs. Neil G. Fisher
Anita Floyd
Samantha MacRae Foerster
Trish Foxwell
Mr. Alexander L. Franklin II
Debbie Franssen
Kitty Freidheim
Mr. and Mrs. P. J. French
Virginia V. Gager
Corynn M. Ganley
Mr. Glen Gardner
Deborah Getter
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Gibbs
Mr. James E. Gibson
Marcia D. Gladstone
W. Mason Young and
Beth A. Gragg
Mr. Harlan Green
Glenna D. Greenslit
Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. Guerard, Jr.
Brenda Guye
Jane E. Hamilton
Frances G. Hanahan
Stella A. Harman
Barbara I. Hart
Allison Heffernan
Mr. and Mrs. Dunbar M. Helsley
Ann Higdon
Merle H. Holmes
Mr. and Mrs. R. Scott Hood
Jodi and Kit Horton
Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Howland
Ann W. Hurd
Mr. James S. Hurley
Blaine Johnson
Paige B. Johnson
Dr. Will Jones
Mr. Stephen Kalms
Mr. John Keleher
Leslie P. Kennedy
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander L. King, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. John Kotz
Emily L. Kreis
Gisele J. Landry
Mr. Peter Lang
Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Larson
The Rev. and Mrs. Chad Minifie
Mr. Andrew R. Laurens
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Lawson III
Kathleen Leslie
Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Leverett, Jr.
Linda Levine
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Levy
Mr. Ward Logan
Sally Lovejoy
Sally B. Maitland
Mr. Mark Maresca
Rev. Frederick F. Masad
Mr. and Mrs. William M. Matthew
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Maybank
Mr. and Mrs. Bayard R. Maybank
Dr. and Mrs. George W. McDaniel
Nancy McDonald
Mr. and Mrs. John J. McKnight
Helen McLendon
Mr. and Mrs. John McNairy
Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Mehaffey, Jr.
Mr. William T. Mikell
Margaret Ann D. Miller
Autumn Miller
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Morgan
Dr. Maxwell R. Mowry
Dr. Cynthia Neal
Mr. and Mrs. Jon Nelson
Katherine H. Noland
Mr. and Mrs. Keith S. Norris
Mr. Jeff Oberhaus
Susannah O’Brien
Mary C. O’Brien
Mr. Andrew Ogletree
Anne P. Olsen
Mr. Kenny Oubre
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Panaretos
Margaret M. Peery
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Pelachyk
Cornelia H. Pelzer
Mr. and Mrs. James Pemberton
Sonja Perkins
Valerie K. Perry
Catherine B. Poag
Mr. John M. Pope
Dorris A. Reavis
Ellen T. Reid
Priscilla H. Reksc
Dr. and Mrs. Edmund Rhett, Jr.
Mr. George N. Ridings
Mr. John M. Rivers, Jr.
Mr. T.G. Robinson
Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Salmons, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. N. W. Sapp, Jr.
Dr. Jennifer Sauceman
Mr. Nicholas Scarborough
Sara M. Schack
April Schink
Ruth Seltzer
Valori R. Seltz- Smith
Nancy Shaffner
Valerie Shuman
Ellen Simon
Phyllis Slavens
Whitney Smith
Mr. George Smoak
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Smyth, Jr.
Nicole Snow
Mr. and Mrs. James Sperber
Judith C. Sterrett
Deborah Still
Drs. Landon R. Storrs and
Richard T. Priest
Sarah Sullivan
Becky Tanenbaum
Mr. Justin Thomas
Martha P. Thompson
Mr. and Mrs. Kelly Tonsmeire
Mr. and Mrs. F. David Trickey
Ellen H. Tuckman
Renee Tull
Tom Turner
Jean Wallace
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Walters
Mr. and Mrs. Jason Walton
Emily Warke
Glenda Wetzel
Anne F. Whitelaw
Helen C. Wildy
Dr. and Mrs. Byron Williams
Julia Lane Willis
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Virgil H. Wilson
Bettina P. Wilson
Carter Winding
Mr. and Mrs. West P.
Woodbridge, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Scott Woodfield
Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Woodruff
Col. and Mrs. Robert O. Way
Gina Yeager
Mr. and Mrs. Martin I. Yonas
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas J. Zervos
FOUNDATIONS AND TRUSTS
1947 Guild- $25,000 +
Estate of Joy Presnick
MeadWestvaco Foundation
President’s Guild- $10,000 +
Peter R. Kellogg Foundation
Lenhardt Foundation
McJ Family Charitable Lead Trust
National Trust for Historic
Preservation
Pathfinder Foundation
Post and Courier Foundation
United Airlines Foundation
Walled City Guild- $5,000 +
Almeida Family Foundation
Emily Farrow Estate Trust (Ashem)
The Joanna Foundation
Elizabeth C. Rivers Lewine
Endowment of the Coastal
Community Foundation
Price R. and Flora A. Reid
Foundation Trust
Robert & Molly Tarr Charitable
Foundation
Henry and Sylvia Yaschik
Foundation
Landmark Guild- $2,500 +
Martha Rivers Ingram Advised Fund
Richard Hampton Jenrette
Foundation, Inc.
Magnolia Plantation Foundation
High Battery Guild- $1,000 +
Boatwright Family Charitable
Fund of the National Christian
Foundation
Charleston Rotary Fund
Oliver S. and Jennie R. Donaldson
Charitable Trust
Joseph H. & Evelyn M. McGee
Fund of the Coastal Community
Foundation of SC
John and Norma Palms Family Fund
Rencourt Foundation, Inc.
The Richards Foundation Inc.
John M. Rivers, Jr. Foundation, Inc.
The Wilbur S. Smith and
Sally J. Smith Foundation
U.S. Bancorp Foundation
Benefactor Guild- $500 +
Claire B. Allen Trust
Fein Foundation
Leadem Family Foundation, Inc.
Ogden Family Fund of the Summit
Area Public Foundation
Cornerstone Guild- $250 +
Dudley J. Godfrey Jr. Trust
James M. Lombard Advised Fund
of TCF of Sarasota County, Inc
Longshadow Foundation
The Rhett Family Fund
of The Community Foundation
Donors- $100-249.99 +
Pringle-Read Endowment of
Coastal Community
Foundation of SC
GRANVILLE BASTION SOCIETY
Thomas Adams
Claire B. Allen
Ken M. Baroody
Sarah L. Donnem
Marion C. Eells
Andrew Geddes
Joseph H. McGee
Benjamin A. Moore
I. M. Read
Edmund Rhett
John M. Rivers
Barbara H. Smith
Mary C. Zobel
BUSINESSES & ORGANIZATIONS
1947 Guild- $25,000 +
City of Charleston
Wells Fargo
President’s Guild- $10,000 +
Blue Key Inc.
Carriage Properties
Hamby Catering
Hospitality Management Group
Glenn Keyes Architects, LLC
Walled City Guild- $5,000 +
521 Productions
The Beach Company
Brunk Auctions
Campo Marzio Design
Edgewood Builders, Inc.
Lou Hammond & Associates, Inc.
William Means Real Estate
Company
Piney Land Company
Landmark Guild- $2,500 +
Charleston Area Convention &
Visitors Bureau
Charming Inns
County of Charleston
Tara Guerard Soiree
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
Peninsula Grill at Planter’s Inn
Roper St. Francis Healthcare
The RSVP Shoppe
F. Schumacher & Co.
High Battery Guild- $1,000 +
Building Conservation
Associates, Inc.
Good Food Catering
JMC Charleston
Landscapes Limited of
Charleston, Inc.
Maybank Law Firm, LLC
Miley & Associates, Inc.
Morningstar Mini-Storage
New England Society
Parker & Embry
Reeves Import Motorcars
South Carolina Bank and Trust
Tristan’s
Benefactor Guild- $500 +
Charleston Calligraphy
Charleston Hoteliers Exchange Club
Charleston Photography LLC
Croghan’s Jewel Box
Fletcher/Copenhaver Fine Art
Gilchrist Bissell Wealth
Management
Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association
Stubbs Muldrow Herin
Architects, Inc
Tito’s Handmade Vodka
Cornerstone Guild- $250 +
Art by George Roberts
Fat and Juicy
Karoline Kable, ASID
Lotus Flower
National Society of Colonial
Dames of America in S.C.
Elizabeth De Rosset Prioleau
Interiors
Starbucks Coffee Company
Trident United Way
Donors- $100-249.99 +
4SE, Inc.
The Bicycle Shoppe
The Boeing Company
Center for Educational
Adventure, LLC
Christopher Rose Architects
Citadel Enterprises, Inc.
Conway High School Class
of 1982
CSA Real Estate Services, Inc.
Samuel Furr Architects
Handsome Properties
Morton Needle Company
NAFYR- Willis D.
Weatherford Chapter
Pritchard & Elliott, LLC
Rosen & Associates, Inc.
Rug Masters, Inc.
Donors- Up to $99 +
Conway National Bank
Grand Ideas, Inc.
Ivy Garden Club
SAVA Workforce Solution
Matching Gift Companies
Chevron Matching Gift Program
ExxonMobil Matching Gift
Programs
IBM Matching Grants Program
Merck Partnership for Giving
Prudential Foundation Matching
Gifts Program
UBS Matching Gift Program
IN-KIND DONORS
521 Productions
Jill Almeida
Linda Beebe
Craig M. Bennett
Blue Key Inc.
Judy Brasington
Eloise Brooks
Building Conservation
Associates, Inc.
Campo Marzio Design
Charleston Calligraphy
Charleston Photography LLC
Charming Inns
Einstein Design, Inc.
F. Schumacher & Co.
Fat and Juicy
Glenn Keyes Architects, LLC
Good Food Catering
William J. Graham
Hamby Catering
Winslow W. Hastie
Dwayne Heckert
Hospitality Management Group
JMC Charleston
Walker M. Kehl
Fanio King
Landscapes Limited of
Charleston, Inc.
Benjamin F. Lenhardt
Chester Liebs
Lotus Flower
Carl Loundsbury
William Lyddan
John W. MacDonald
Peter A. Mani
Morningstar Mini-Storage
Bridget O’Brien
Peninsula Grill at Planter’s Inn
Post and Courier Foundation
Pritchard & Elliott, LLC
2013 Donors
John M. Rivers
Katharine S. Robinson
Monica M. Seeger
Hugh D. Singleton
Charlie Smith
Starbucks Coffee Company
Tara Guerard Soiree
The Beach Company
The RSVP Shoppe
Tito’s Handmade Vodka
Tristan’s
United Airlines Foundation
Sandra T. Vineyard
Miki A. Waring
Bob Webster
Elizabeth Wofford
IN HONOR OF
In Honor of Mrs. Richard J.
Almeida
Andrea Biel-Cohen
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Schell
In Honor of the Marriage of Katye
Rhett Fayard and Trey Fayard
Warren Pollard
In Honor of Mr. and
Mrs. Michael Frederick
Mrs. Thomas J. Parsell
In Honor of Richard E. Gaskalla
Annette C. Chamberlain and
Minh V. Nguyen
In Honor of Mrs. Marion T.
Guerard, Jr.
Annette C. Chamberlain and
Minh V. Nguyen
In Honor of William Hamilton
Annette C. Chamberlain and
Minh V. Nguyen
In Honor of Dr. and
Mrs. Ken Hanger
Dr. and Mrs. Scott Woodfield
In Honor of W. E. Applegate III
Annette C. Chamberlain and
Minh V. Nguyen
In Honor of Winslow W. Hastie
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence F. Burtschy
In Honor of Mrs. William Barnes
The Cleveland Garden Club
In Honor of R. Ed. Holt III
Annette C. Chamberlain and
Minh V. Nguyen
In Honor of Brain Injury Survivors
William T. Mikell
In Honor of Dr. Frank Avery Burns
Annette C. Chamberlain and
Minh V. Nguyen
In Honor of Mr. and
Mrs. John Burrus
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Slabaugh
In Honor of Annette C.
Chamberlain and Minh V. Nguyen
Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. Guerard, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander L. King, Jr.
In Honor of Dr. Norman A.
Chamberlain
Annette C. Chamberlain and
Minh V. Nguyen
In Honor of Dr. J. R. Cockrell
Annette C. Chamberlain and
Minh V. Nguyen
In Honor of Mr. and
Mrs. Richard E. Coen
Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Woodward, III
In Honor of Dolly L. Coleman
Brandy S. Culp
In Honor of Ann L. Coward
Bonnie D. Coward
In Honor of Robert R. Cox, Jr.
Annette C. Chamberlain and
Minh V. Nguyen
In Honor of Brandy S. Culp
Annette C. Chamberlain and
Minh V. Nguyen
National Society of Colonial
Dames in America in S.C.
In Honor of Cindy Ellis
Annette C. Chamberlain and
Minh V. Nguyen
In Honor of Karen Emmons
Linda Brickman
In Honor of Mr. and
Mrs. Carlos Evans
Mrs. Thomas J. Parsell
In Honor of Mr. and
Mrs. C. A. Hoover
Mr. and Mrs. Keith S. Norris
In Honor of William J. Iselin
Annette C. Chamberlain and
Minh V. Nguyen
In Honor of Louise Jardine
Annette C. Chamberlain and
Minh V. Nguyen
In Honor of Samuel B. Jones
Ken M. Baroody
In Honor of Fanio King
Annette C. Chamberlain and
Minh V. Nguyen
In Honor of William Jackson Kirby
Annette C. Chamberlain and
Minh V. Nguyen
In Honor of Hugh C. Lane, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Marion B. Peavey
In Honor of Andrew R. Laurens
T. G. Robinson
In Honor of Robin McCravy
Annette C. Chamberlain and
Minh V. Nguyen
In Honor of Mrs. Philip A.
Middleton
Dorothy Anderson
In Honor of Annette Murphy
Annette C. Chamberlain and
Minh V. Nguyen
In Honor of Dale Murray
Annette C. Chamberlain and
Minh V. Nguyen
In Honor of Melissa Nelson
Annette C. Chamberlain and
Minh V. Nguyen
Jane Dodge
In Honor of Lauren J. Northup
Annette C. Chamberlain and
Minh V. Nguyen
In Honor of Mark Parsell
Mrs. Thomas J. Parsell
In Honor of Mrs. Thomas J. Parsell
Mr. and Mrs. Weatherly Carr
In Honor of Doris Pearce
Annette C. Chamberlain and
Minh V. Nguyen
In Honor of Valerie K. Perry
Annette C. Chamberlain and
Minh V. Nguyen
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Walters
In Honor of LaVonne N. Phillips
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Avlon
Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Tomlin
In Honor of Dr. James M. Ravenel
Annette C. Chamberlain and
Minh V. Nguyen
In Honor of Katharine S. Robinson
Dr. J. R. Cockrell
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Carter, Jr.
James E. Gibson
The Rev. and Mrs. Chad Lasley
Janine Luke
Anne D. Nelson
Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Pearce, Jr.
John A. Robb
T. G. Robinson
Dr. and Mrs. Charles D. Smith III
In Honor of Mr. and Mrs. Randal
M. Robinson
Mrs. Lela Agnew
Mr. and Mrs. Blake Tartt
M. P. Wilkerson
In Honor of Lesley Russell
Jodi and Kit Horton
In Honor of Mr. Gilbert P.
Schafer III
Gilbert P. Schafer, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Schafer
In Honor of
Mrs. Kenneth T. Seeger
Edith Howle
In Honor of Kathryn Shipp
Dr. Jennifer Sauceman
In Honor of Mr. and
Mrs. D. Van Smith, Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Hussey
In Honor of Mr. and
Mrs. Philip T. Snead
David Cruthers
In Honor of
Mr. Thomas E. Thornhill
Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Pearce, Jr.
In Honor of Elizabeth B. Warren
Mr. and Mrs. Franklin McCann
In Honor of Charles Winding
Carter Winding
IN MEMORY OF
In Memory of
Virginia Fouche Bolton
Dr. Michael N. McKee
In Memory of
William O. Hanahan, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Bryan III
In Memory of
Wilson H. Brockinton, Jr.
Anne D. Nelson
In Memory of
Elizabeth Lucas Hanahan
Nicholas Scarborough
In Memory of Eugene Brooker
Stevenson T. Walker
In Memory of J. Gordon Hayes
Mrs. Thomas J. Parsell
In Memory of Joyce Burch
Emily Warke
In Memory of Fernanda Hastie
Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Ravenel
In Memory of
Mildred C. Chamberlain
Annette C. Chamberlain and
Minh V. Nguyen
In Memory of Nancy Hayes
Robert F. Hayes
In Memory of Col. Walter B. Clark
Ellen P. Clark
In Memory
of J. Walker Coleman, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald S. Banks
Renee M. Betros
Helen R. Dovell
Charles H. Drayton
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Gibbs
Jane E. Hamilton
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Haygood
Allison Heffernan
Mr. and Mrs. William M. Matthew
Anne D. Nelson
Mrs. Thomas J. Parsell
Cornelia H. Pelzer
Dr. and Mrs. Edmund Rhett, Jr.
John M. Rivers, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Randal M. Robinson
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Smith
Jeanne D. Smith
Jean Wallace
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas J. Zervos
In Memory of Col.
Emmerson C. Cook
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Johnson
In Memory of Allan Coward
Bonnie D. Coward
In Memory of Mary H. Czajka
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph T. Harper
In Memory of Mr. and
Mrs. Walter L. Dietz
Bonnie D. Coward
In Memory of James H. Holcombe
Mr. and Mrs. Jon S. Templeton, Jr.
In Memory of Dana B. Hopkins
Mrs. Alston O. Wolf
In Memory of Henry C. Hutson
Annette C. Chamberlain and
Minh V. Nguyen
Mrs. Thomas J. Parsell
In Memory of Ann M. Jones
Edward D. Jones III
In Memory of Linda Katzenbach
Jon Katzenbach
In Memory of Geneva C. Keating
Schuyler T. Keating
In Memory of
Kirk Sheridan Kessler
Col. and Mrs. Raymond A.
Kessler, Jr.
In Memory of Jill Koverman
Annette C. Chamberlain and
Minh V. Nguyen
In Memory of
Margaret Lowndes Land
Emily L. Kreis
In Memory of Dennis J. Lee
Karyn S. Lee
In Memory of Joy S. Lim
Dr. Heng F. Lim
In Memory of Peter Manigault
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Bryan III
In Memory of Frances R. Edmunds
Annette C. Chamberlain and
Minh V. Nguyen
Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Webster
In Memory of Marion M. Maybank
Elizabeth De Rosset Prioleau
Interiors
In Memory of
Thedocia Kaminer M. Franklin
Kaminer Haislip
In Memory of John F. Maybank
Mrs. Thomas J. Parsell
Mr. and Mrs. Whitemarsh S. Smith III
In Memory of Ann L. Green
Annette C. Chamberlain and
Minh V. Nguyen
In Memory of Brett Maynard
Mr. Edward D. Jones III
In Memory of Mr. and
Mrs. Theodore B. Guerard
Elizabeth De Rosset Prioleau
Interiors
In Memory of George W. Miller
Phyllis P. Miller
In Memory of B. H. R. Moore
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Bryan III
Mr. and Mrs. Todd B. Kuhl
In Memory of Ann Andrus
Mr. and Mrs. Randal M. Robinson
In Memory of
Lucielle Moore Hallman
Priscilla H. Reksc
In Memory of Aaryn Morris
Louise Jardine
In Memory of Kyriakos Aslanidis
Louise Jardine
In Memory of David B. Haman
Valori R. Seltz- Smith
In Memory of Norman A.
Mrozinski, Jr.
Dr. Jo Ann Hiott
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2013 Donors
In Memory of Morton Needle
Morton Needle Company
In Memory of Hai Nguyen
Annette C. Chamberlain and
Minh V. Nguyen
In Memory of Thomas J. Parsell
Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. McPike
Mrs. Thomas J. Parsell
Charles A. Rankin
In Memory of Dorothy Hunt
Applegate Pennybaker
Mr. and Mrs. Randal M. Robinson
In Memory of Lois M. Pinckney
Joyce Pinckney
In Memory of Mr. and
Mrs. William Fripp Prioleau, Sr.
Elizabeth De Rosset Prioleau
Interiors
In Memory of Mary F. Rhett
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Hastings
Warren Pollard
Mr. and Mrs. Randal M. Robinson
In Memory of Morris D. Rosen
Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin O.
Ravenel, Jr.
In Memory of Richard W. Salmons
Annette C. Chamberlain and
Minh V. Nguyen
In Memory of Dr. Jerome Schack
Sara M. Schack
In Memory of Melvin R. Seiden
Janine Luke
In Memory of
Sarah Young Shertzer
Drs. Landon R. Storrs and
Richard T. Priest
In Memory of Jo Simonds
Ann W. Dibble
In Memory of Hugh David
Singleton
Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Aller
Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Almeida
Mr. and Mrs. David R. Avrutick
Faythe Benson
Mr. and Mrs. John Burkel
Elizabeth Caldbeck
Dr. and Mrs. J. P. Cameron, Jr.
John P. Case II
Annette C. Chamberlain and
Minh V. Nguyen
Charleston Hoteliers Exchange Club
Christopher Rose Architects
Dr. and Mrs. James C. Allen
Conway High School Class of 1982
Conway National Bank
Melissa K. Creech
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Day, III
Paul W. Day, IV
Paul Dunlap
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Ellis
Sarah Fick
Anita Floyd
Mr. and Mrs. P. J. French
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence W. Gillespie
Grand Ideas, Inc.
D. and Mrs. Mark Green
Dr. and Mrs. Edward P. Guerard, Jr.
Historic Charleston Foundation
Merle H. Holmes
Matthew Holt
Maureen J. Huff and Larry Millhouse
Ivy Garden Club
Louise Jardine
Dr. Will Jones
Charles Jordan
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander L. King, Jr.
Dr. James L. Lancaster and Mr.
Steve Donaldson
Andrew R. Laurens
Kathleen Leslie
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest B. Lipscomb III
Ward Logan
Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Mani III
Robin McCravy
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Moore
Sandy Morckel
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Morgan
Annette Murphy
National Trust for Historic
Preservation
Mr. and Mrs. Jon Nelson
Dolores J. Osuna
Kenny Oubre
Dwight F. Patterson
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Payne III
Mr. and Mrs. James Pemberton
Rebecca Price
Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Ravenel
Mr. and Mrs. George E. Roberts III
T.G. Robinson
Mr. and Mrs. Randal M. Robinson
Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Salmons, Jr.
SAVA Workforce Solution
Mr. and Mrs. Allan H. Senker
Jessica Shatto
Mr. and Mrs. Whitemarsh S. Smith III
George Smoak
Mr. and Mrs. Howard W. Steadman
Judith C. Sterrett
Sandra Tabler
Jeffrey Wadsworth
Dr. and Mrs. Edward L. Welsh
William Means Real Estate
Company
Julia Lane Willis
Virgil H. Wilson
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Wood
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Woodall
Col. and Mrs. Robert O. Way
Gina Yeager
In Memory of Dorothy G. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bowen, Jr.
In Memory of
Kathleen Knox Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Smith, Jr.
In Memory of Lawrence A. Walker
Annette C. Chamberlain and
Minh V. Nguyen
In Memory of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert N. Whitelaw
Dr. and Mrs. Beale H. Ong
Anne F. Whitelaw
In Memory of Katherine M. Wilcox
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Brumgardt
Mr. and Mrs. Randal M. Robinson
In Memory of Don Wiles
Louise Jardine
In Memory of Sara D. Williamson
Annette C. Chamberlain and
Minh V. Nguyen
In Memory of
Dr. George F. Wilson
Annette C. Chamberlain and
Minh V. Nguyen
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In Memory of
Elizabeth Jenkins Young
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Bleecker
Annette C. Chamberlain and
Minh V. Nguyen
Mr. and Mrs. J. Rutledge Young, Jr.
In Memory of
Thomas Rumsey Young
John A. Robb
FRIENDS/YOUNG
ADVOCATES 2013
Benefactor Friend - $500
Mr. and Mrs. James P. Barrow
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Davis
Mr. and Mrs. David G. Gabriel
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J.
Hardwick, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Tanenbaum
Drs. Louis and Andrea Weinstein
Mr. John Young
Benefactor Young Advocate -$500
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Hautt
Leading Friend- $250
Dr. John A. Colwell
Mr. and Mrs. Howard D. Edwards
Mr. David A. Elder
Mr. and Mrs. Herman B. Franco
Mr. Gilbert E. Galle
Dr. Sarah L. Hayes and
The Hon. John C. Hayes III
Mr. John Lauritsen
Susan C. Lee
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Lortz
Venita Olson and Drew Demakis
Mr. and Mrs. Gary S. Smith
Mr. George C. Thomas
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Waters
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Wood
Leading Young Advocate- $250
Mr. Glen Gardner
Friend and Family- $125
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Benton
Claire Blake
Dr. and Mrs. Steve Buck
Mr. Erik Calonius
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Canonico
Susan Carter
Mr. and Mrs. Lucas C. Drake
Cara Erickson
Mr. and Mrs. Ross P. Flax
Melissa Gureski
Peggy L. Karcher
Mr. and Mrs. Jon C. Mazzoli
Mr. and Mrs. Gary S. Nelson
Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Reitman
Mr. and Mrs. Gary S. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stobaugh
Mr. and Mrs. John Tecklenburg
Ellen Vance
Mr. and Mrs. David Wetta
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Zirzow, Sr.
Young Advocate and Family- $125
Mr. and Mrs. Felix von Nathusius
Friend Plus One- $100
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Apici
Lee Ann Bain
Mr. Doug Beckley
Brenda D. Bettger
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Bland
Mr. Walter Boags
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Bowers
Mr. William Brantley
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Brown
Mr. Eric Brown
Louie Brown
Paula Brown
Mr. and Mrs. James Burchfield
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Campbell
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Chodkowski
Mr. Michael Cochran
Deborah Cole
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Cone
Jane S. Cook
Mr. Chris Crosby
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Daniels
Patricia C. Deveau
Susan Dunlop
Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Dunn
Debra Echols
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar C. Etritch, Jr.
Joyce Fischer
Mr. and Mrs. Michel Fortin
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Furr
Mr. and Mrs. Reed Garrett
Mr. and Mrs. William Geary
Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Guild, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Hall, III
Mr. and Mrs. William Harnett
Jerry Henry
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin F. Herrington
Mr. and Mrs. David B. Hoffman
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel W. Howell IV
Maureen J. Huff and Larry Millhouse
Dr. and Mrs. Richard J. Hull
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Jenkins
Charles Jenkins and
James W. Dixon
Mr. Steven Jensen
Margaret Jorgensen and Gar Marcel
Mr. and Mrs. Mark W. Julian
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Kaplan
Kathryn Karlyk
Lisa Kline
Hilde Kuck
Mr. and Mrs. Darrell W. Kunard
Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Land
Diane L. Langston and
Robert Michalove
Susan Leggett
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lonneman
Mr. and Mrs. Rick Luebke
Jeannette MacDougal
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Mackles
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Manger
Dr. and Mrs. Charles E. Merkel
Karen Miller and Joe Ferrante
Mary Ellen Millhouse
Lucy Mooney
Sally B. Muir
Dena Murges
Mr. and Mrs. Al Niver
Ann Nycz
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Palmer
Dee Perry
Cheryl Peterson
Mr. and Mrs. Brooks Quinn
Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Quinn
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Rearden, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. David Reeg
Dr. and Mrs. Gilbert C. Rice, III
Teresa Riner
Dr. and Rev. Ron Robinson
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Rumer
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rush
Lalla H. Saleeby
Linda Sanders
Dr. and Mrs. Balzer C. Sandrock
Carol W. Sanford
Mr. Paul Schwarz
Laura Scott
Joseph Scudeck
Susan Seery
Mr. and Mrs. Ken Smith
Ruthie Soliday
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Spitz
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Springer
Mary Springer
Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Stecker, Jr.
Susan M. Stevens
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Straus
Mr. Tom Sullivan
Mr. Scott Taylor
Mr. William Terry
Martha Thomson
Gina Tjersland
Mr. Donald Tofias
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Tompsidis
Mr. and Mrs. William E. Vance
Mr. and Mrs. Doug Vinsel
Jenner Wall
Mr. and Mrs. Larry West
Mr. Fred White
Margaret Wildermann
Tara Williams
Mrs. and Mr. Pamela Wyman
Mr. Robert Young
Young Advocate Plus One- $100
Nora Kotsovos
Friend- $60
Lane Ackerman
Jennifer Baecht
Mr. Allan R. Bomhard
Mr. Don Bommarito
Mr. Clinton Salt Brown
Kimberlee T. Brown, M.D.
Frances Butler
Belinda Cagle
Barbara Carmichael
Mr. Henry W. Caughman
Julia - Ellen C. Davis
Mr. John H. Debnam
Barbara Dixon
K. D. Doyle
Kristy Dukelow-Kehoe
Kathryn Durst-Glenn
Patricia Elrod
Carol Falk
Juliana G. Falk
Myrna Fawcett
Mrs. Sam Fink
Samantha MacRae Foerster
Trish Foxwell
Deborah Getter
Brenda Guye
Paige B. Johnson
Gisele J. Landry
Mr. David Levite
Sally Lovejoy
Wilma Maiers
Rev. Frederick F. Masad
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Maybank
Nancy Mcdonald
Mr. and Mrs. Walter O. Mueller
Autumn Miller
Dr. Amanda Mushal
Mary C. O’Brien
Rachel Parris
Sonja Perkins
Mr. Shaun Pervis
Catherine B. Poag
Becky Price
Dorris A. Reavis
Mr. George N. Ridings
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Serrins
Nancy Shaffner
Valerie Shuman
Barbara P. Simmons
Ellen Simon
Mr. Cotesworth Simons
Nicole Snow
Virginia Strong-Tidman
Rebecca Tanenbaum
Mr. Michael Trouche
Sally Watters
Glenda Wetzel
Dr. and Mrs. Byron Williams
Bettina P. Wilson
Dulaney Wilson
Sarah Wilson
2013 Donors and Committees
Young Advocate - $60
Lyles Geer
Brittany Lavelle
Kalen Mcnabb
Betty Prime
Mr. Richard Sines
COMMITTEES 2013
Anne Smith, Board Chair, and Kitty
Robinson, President and CEO, were
members of all committees in 2013.
Executive Committee
Anne Smith, Chair
Foster Gaillard, Vice Chair
Wilbur Johnson, Secretary
Park Smith Jr., Treasurer
Suzi Parsell, Past Chair
Finance Committee
Park Smith, Chairman
Foster Gaillard
Wilbur Johnson
David Maybank
Suzi Parsell
Anne Smith
Crayton Walters
Aiken-Rhett House Committee
David Hoffman, Chair
Harold Bowen, Honorary
William Cogswell
Sarah Donnem
Meredith Dunnan
Glen Gardner
Helen Geer
Norma May Goldberg
Sarah Horton
Bernard Powers
Roy Maybank
Shannon Ravenel
Mark Regalbuto
Monica Seeger
Dick Simons
Sally Smith
Charlotte Williams
Elizabeth Wright
Suzi Parsell
Advocacy Committee
Zoe Ryan, Chair
Eddie Bello
Robert Clement
William Cogswell
Sallie Duell
Laura Gates
Virginia Lane
Doug Lee
Suzi Parsell
Scott Parker
Park Smith
Van Smith
Crayton Walters
Philanthropy Committee
Sarah Donnem, Chair
Jill Almeida
Tara Guerard
Virginia Lane
Doug Lee
Monica Seeger
Park Smith
Van Smith
Easement Committee
Wilbur Johnson, Chair
Heyward Carter
Elizabeth Factor
Susan Friberg
Helen Geer
David Hoffman
Glenn Keyes
Ben Lenhardt
Lip Lipscomb
Suzi Parsell
Investment Committee
Crayton Walters, Chair
Richard Almeida
Homer Burrous
Dick Coen
Tom Finnegan
Foster Gaillard
Robert McCoy
Suzi Parsell
Zoe Ryan
Park Smith
Nathaniel Russell
House Committee
Virginia Lane, Chair
Claire Allen
Dianne Avlon
Mimi Cathcart
Cynthia Coker
Sally Coen
Charlotte Crabtree
Sarah Donnem
Susan Friberg
Annely Klingensmith
Doug Lee
Lynda Lipscomb
Sally McCoy
Rhetta Mendelsohn
Suzi Parsell
Alice Patrick
Carol Pelzer
Zoe Sanders
Maurice Thompson
Charlotte Williams
Nominating Committee
Suzi Parsell, Chair
John Barnwell
Anne Smith
Van Smith
Brad Waring
Revolving Fund
Helen Geer, Chair
John Barnwell
Heyward Carter
John Cay
John Coppedge
Sallie Duell
Susan Friberg
Doug Hazelton
David Hoffman
Elizabeth Lewine
Monica Seeger
Tommy Thornhill
Royalties and Museum
Shops Committee
Claire Allen, Chair
Nat Ball
Eleanor Carter
Mariana Hay
Barry Kalinsky
Rhetta Mendelsohn
Tommy Thornhill
Amy Waring
Drayton Hall Liaison
Doug Lee
Tours Committee (August 2013
through March 2014)
Monica Seeger, Chair
Susan Bass
Anne Blessing
Mimi Cathcart
Donna & Bob Cox
Susan Epstein
Shannon Gillespie
Leigh Handal
Shannon Ravenel
Steve Stewart
Louis Weinstein
Linda Williams
2013 VISITATION:
Nathaniel Russell House Museum:
49,044
Aiken-Rhett House Museum :
34,618
HISTORIC CHARLESTON FOUNDATION WAS REPRESENTED ON
THE FOLLOWING IN 2013:
American Alliance of Museums
by Brandy Culp
American Association for State and
Local History by Karen Emmons
Art Institute of Charleston’s Professional
Advisory Committee by Kitty Robinson
Association for Preservation Technology by the
Preservation & Museums Dept.
Association of Art Museum Curators by
Brandy Culp
Association of Fundraising Professionals
by the Philanthropy Department
Board of Preservation Action
by Winslow Hastie
Charleston Area Convention and
Visitors Bureau Board of Governors
by Kitty Robinson
Charleston Area Convention & Visitors
Bureau’s Travel Council by the Marketing
& Communications Department
Charleston Heritage Federation,
Board Member by Kitty Robinson
Charleston Hoteliers Exchange Club by the
Marketing & Communications Department
Eastside Community
Development Corporation- Bylaws
Committee by Drew Laurens
Engaging Creative Minds, Board Member by
Kitty Robinson
Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie Trust, Advisor
to the Board by Kitty Robinson
Heritage Education Forum by
Valerie Perry
Historic Rotary Club of Charleston
by Sandy Morckel
International Council on Monuments and
Sites by the Preservation &
Museums Department
Johns Island Task Force by
Winslow Hastie
Mayor’s Walled City Task Force, Co-Chair by
Katherine Pemberton
Palmetto Archives, Libraries, &
Museums Council on Preservation
by Karen Emmons
Partners Network of the National Trust for
Historic Preservation
by Kitty Robinson
Charleston Promise Neighborhood Community
Engagement Council by Drew Laurens
Peninsula Advisory Commission,
Co-Chair and Founding Member
by Kitty Robinson and Winslow Hastie,
member
Citadel School of Business Administration
Advisory Board by Kitty Robinson
Planning Commission by Valerie Perry
College of Charleston Graduate School
Advisory Board by Kitty Robinson
Preservation Action by the
Preservation & Museums Department
Decorative Arts Trust by Brandy Culp and Kitty
Robinson
South Carolina Federation of Museums by
Brandy Culp
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2012 Financial Statement
While the 2013 Financial Statement will be available in the summer of 2014, please review the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012.
In 2012, Historic Charleston Foundation archieved an array of stellar accomplishments. The Foundation is proud to have earned a
portion of its operating expenses in 2012 through:
Educational Programs—Programs that support the Foundation’s mission include: Connoisseur Program, fall Art &
Architecture Lecture series, Travel Study Program, Friends program and Benefactor tours. The largest income producing
program is the Festival of Houses and Gardens. In 2013, the 10th annual Charleston Antiques Show kicked off the 66th
Festival and together these two major educational events successfully celebrated the decorative arts, architecture and
traditions in Charleston.
Retail Locations and Licensed Products—The Foundation educates residents and visitors about the benefits of preserving
material culture through locally made or historically significant products that capture the essence of CHARLESTON STYLE.
These items highlight the alluring architecture, interiors, and gardens of the historic city and the tranquil natural beauty of
the islands, marshes, and villages along the South Carolina coast.
The Foundation’s 2013 Financial Statement will be available in the summer of 2014.
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2013 Staff
Locations
Administration
Katharine Robinson, President and CEO
Winnie Deshong, Executive Assistant (10/13)
Cheryl Steadman, Executive Assistant (through 9/13)
Annette Chamberlain, Receptionist/Marketing & Communications Assistant
The Capt. James Missroon House, c. 1808
(Foundation Administrative Offices)
40 East Bay Street, Charleston, SC 29401
Phone: 843-723-1623
Finance
Cynthia Ellis, Director of Finance
Annette Murphy, Staff Accountant
Terri Woodall, Accounts Payable Coordinator
Nathaniel Russell House Museum, c. 1808
51 Meeting Street, Charleston, SC 29401
Phone: 843-724-8481
Monday - Saturday: 10am - 5pm & Sunday: 2pm - 5p
(last tour at 4:30pm)
Philanthropy
Sandy Morckel, Director of Philanthropy
Drew Laurens, Manager of Community Engagement
Helen Wolfe, Strategic Partnerships Coordinator (12/13)
Julia Lane Willis, Strategic Partnerships Coordinator (through 10/13)
Marketing and Communications
Melissa Nelson, Director of Marketing and Communications
Fanio King, Manager of Events and Marketing
Wimberly Fair, Events Coordinator (10/13)
H. David Singleton, Events and Logistics Coordinator (through 7/13)
Cynthia Wood, Connoisseur Tours Coordinator (6/13)
Ginny Bush, Connoisseur Tours Coordinator (through 4/13)
Liz Caldbeck, Communications and Volunteer Coordinator
Molly Inabinett, 2013 Festival and Antiques Show Ticket Office Manager
Preservation and Museums
Winslow Hastie, Chief Preservation Officer
Brandy Culp, Curator
Katherine Pemberton, Manager of Research and Education
April Wood, Manager of Easements & Technical Outreach
Valerie Perry, Manager of Aiken-Rhett House Museum
Lauren Northup, Manager of Nathaniel Russell House Museum
Karen Emmons, Archivist/Librarian
Bridget O’Brien, Preservation and Museums Coordinator
Will Hamilton, Properties Coordinator
Minh Nguyen, Maintenance Manager
Vinh Nguyen, Maintenance
Dat Phan, Maintenance
Lynn Grover, Maintenance
Retail & Licensing
Rich Gaskalla, Director of Retail and Licensing
John Keleher, Manager, The Shops of Historic Charleston Foundation
Kathy Noland, Manager, Market Shop of Historic Charleston Foundation
Winnie Deshong, Asst. Manager, Market Shop of
Historic Charleston Foundation (through 9/13)
Kyle Smith, Asst. Manager, Market Shop of Historic Charleston Foundation
(10/13)
2013 Annual Report
Melissa Nelson, Editor
Fanio King, Assistant Editor
Tamra Scott / Einstein Design, Design and Production
Photo credit: Amy Marie Kay Photography, Arthur Ellis Photography,
Carrie Naas Photography, Chris Scott, Matthew Scott Photographer Inc.,
Rick Rhodes, Rick McKee, Wendy Mogul/Angel Photography,
The Margaretta Childs Archives of Historic Charleston Foundation
and Historic Charleston Foundation staff.
Aiken-Rhett House Museum, c. 1820
48 Elizabeth Street, Charleston, SC 29403
Phone: 843-723-1159
Monday - Saturday: 10am - 5pm & Sunday: 2pm - 5pm
(last tour at 4:15pm)
Market Shop of Historic Charleston Foundation, c. 1841
Charleston City Market, 188 Meeting Street,
Charleston, SC 29401
Phone: 843-724-8484
Open Daily: 9:30am - 6pm
The Shops of Historic Charleston Foundation, c. 1930
108 Meeting Street, Charleston, SC 29401
Phone: 843-724-8484
Monday-Saturday: 9am - 6pm,
Sunday: 12pm - 5pm
Forward corrections to:
Philanthropy Department
Historic Charleston Foundation
40 East Bay Street
PO Box 1120
Charleston, S.C. 29402
Phone: 843.723.1623
Fax: 843.577.2067
The Foundation’s 2013 Financial Statement will be
available in the summer of 2014.
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