Unknown
Historic Property
Alternate Name:
Unknown
Street Address:
18 Kenilworth Ave., Charleston, SC (Charleston County)
Site Number:
2380
Control Number:
U/19/2380
Tax Number:
4600204043
Date Surveyed:
March 14 2003
Category:
Building
Construction Date:
circa 1917
Alteration Date:
1999
Historic Use:
Residential/Domestic
Current Use:
Residential/Domestic
Historic Core Shape:
Irregular
Number of Stories:
2
Construction Method:
frame
Exterior Walls Materials:
Weatherboard
Foundation Materials:
Brick Piers with Fill
Roof Shape:
hip with crossing gables
Roof Materials:
raised seam metal
Porch Width:
full façade
Porch Shape:
hip
National Register Determination:
contributes to listed district;
Signficant Architectural Features:
Second story gabled projection with cornice return on front façade; 2 story gabled projection with cornice return and ganged windows on south facade; central brick core chimney; 2/2 windows; north side porte-cochere; Doric porch supports; transom and sidelights around entry door
Alterations:
Rear porches added; front porch rebuilt and synthetic columns assed in 2003
Historical Information:
In 1916, Edward Taliaferro Heyward bought the lot and he and his wife moved into their house by 1917. The Heyward family owned the house for fifty years and various family members lived there over that time. In 1968, Gertrude B. Heyward, who received the house from Mr. Heyward in November 1940, sold the house to Mr. Alva and Mrs. Lucille E. Dennis. Mrs. Dennis died in 1979, and her husband and children sold the house to John H. Douglas and Jane L. Douglas in 1980. In 1983, the house was sold to Penny G. Goldstein. In 1984, Ms. Goldstein conveyed a one-half interest in the house to Anne N. Perreyclear and then they sold the house to Richard. H. Gadsden, Jr. and Neva A. Gadsden. The Gadsdens are the current owners. They added the copper roof to the house as well as adding to the back of the second floor in 2000. In 2003, the front porch, which had been damaged by termites, was rebuilt and synthetic columns installed.
Source of Historical Information:
Kevin Eberle, Hampton Park Terrace historian
Quadrangle Name:
Charleston