Hampton Park Terrace


Hampton Park Terrace is the name both of a neighborhood and a National Register district located in peninsular Charleston, South Carolina. The neighborhood is bounded on the west by The Citadel, on the north by Hampton Park, on the east by Rutledge Ave., and on the south by Congress St. In addition, the one block of Parkwood Ave. south of Congress St. is considered, by some, to be included. The National Register district, on the other hand, is composed of the same area with two exceptions: the northeasternmost block is excluded and an extra block of President St. is included.

History

The land upon which the neighborhood is built was rural land until approximately 1900. At about that time, a few streets began being laid out in the northern end of the city. A few small houses were constructed at that time, but most of the land remained undeveloped. In 1912, three large sections of the neighborhood were platted. Those sections roughly correspond to the northwest quadrant, the southwest quadrant, and the southeast quadrant. They were developed by, respectively, the Charleston Building & Investment Co., Hampton Park Terrace Inc., and the Allan family. The final quadrant to the northeast was sporadically developed through the 1930s by the Navy Yard Building & Investment Co.
The neighborhood was, at the time, on the very edge of developed Charleston. At first, skeptics claimed that the development would fail, but within a month of the start of selling lots, more than 100 of the 251 original lots had been sold. The development was amid truck farming sites, but it benefitted from its location near the Ashley River and Hampton Park. A newspaper account at the time predicted that its success would start a move to suburban living in Charleston instead of in the lower peninsula because of these advantages: "No more desirable location for a home could be imagined-close to the river, away from the noise and bustle of the city, on the Rutledge avenue car line and close to the King street car line, bordering Hampton Park, beautiful now and to be doubly beautiful when plans now being worked out are completed, within sight of the Ashley River with its fresh salt breezes, and the whole area high and dry, sixteen feet above low water mark, within four blocks of the Mitchell School, the biggest and best of the schools of the city system."
The residents of Hampton Park Terrace celebrated the neighborhood's 100th anniversary in March 2012. The event included a performance by The Citadel's Regimental Band and Pipes and the unveiling of a state historical marker.

National Register Status

Most of the housing in the neighborhood was constructed between 1912 and 1925. The architecture of the neighborhood follows national trends of the period and represents a distinct break from the local tradition of Charleston's other historic areas. Nevertheless, because of its largely intact concentration of early 20th century buildings, the neighborhood was added to the National Register on September 26, 1997. The National Register designation included those blocks that were laid out and whose restrictive covenants were created by one of four related development companies. As a result, the northeast corner of Hampton Park Terrace was not included in the historic district although it is part of the neighborhood.
Since the designation, several houses have been restored including one which was given a special award by the Historic Charleston Foundation for the quality of the work at 463 Huger St. In 2009, the Preservation Society of Charleston held its first outreach tour of historic houses and highlighted Hampton Park Terrace.

Gallery of Hampton Park Terrace houses

The Hampton Park Terrace National Register district includes historic structures on the following streets:
Unless otherwise indicated, the following table shows images of all of the buildings in the district in their current condition; the current images do not necessarily reflect the appearance and condition of the structures at the time the National Register district was formed.
RatingImageAddressYearFormStyleComments
Contributing1921Foursquare
Contributing1919Foursquare
Non-contributing1919Lateral-gableBrick veneer added before district created; original windows torn out after district created
Contributing1919Front-gableTwin to 4 Elmwood Ave. and 551 Huger St.
Contributing1922Foursquare
Contributing1919Bungalow
Contributing1920Front-gable
Contributing1919Front-gableMirror twin to 324 President St.
Contributing1919Foursquare
Contributing1919Foursquare
Contributing1920FoursquareNear twin to 475 Huger St., 494 Huger St., and 625 Rutledge Ave.
Contributing1920Foursquare
Contributing1921Bungalow
Contributing1922Foursquare variant
Contributing1921Foursquare
Contributing1921BungalowShown here in January 2007, the original, red brick exterior was painted in 2008:

Contributing1917Foursquare
Contributing1917Front-gable
Contributing1920Foursquare
Contributing1920Front-gableBuilt by George Trescott; twin to 236 Congress St., 1 South Allan Park, 5 South Allan Park, 368 Ashley Ave., and 299 President St.
Contributing1920Front-gableBuilt by George Trescott; twin to 232 Congress St., 1 South Allan Park, 5 South Allan Park, 368 Ashley Ave., and 299 President St.
Contributing1920Front-gable
Non-contributing1930Corner storeHarold's Cabin Grocery
Non-contributing1910Charleston single house
Contributing1919Lateral-gableCraftsman influence
Contributing1936Bungalow influenceBuilt for Marion H. Drews
Contributing1931OtherMinimal traditional
Contributing1930Foursquare
Contributing1931OtherMinimal traditionalShown here in 2007 before its original windows were torn out:

Contributing1925Front-gable
Contributing1926Foursquare
Contributing1921Lateral-gable
Contributing1915Front-gableAn example of a Sears catalog house known as "The Roanoke"
Contributing1920Foursquare
Contributing1919Bungalow
Non-contributing2009Front-gableThe property was a vacant lot before the house was built.
Contributing1915Front-gable
Contributing1915Bungalow
Contributing1922Bungalow influence
Contributing1915BungalowQueen Anne influence
Contributing1931Bungalow influence
Contributing1919Front-gable
Contributing1916Front-gable
Contributing1920Foursquare
Contributing1920FoursquareThe original one-story porch had a deck added in about 2010.
Contributing1923Foursquare variant
Non-contributing1920FoursquareAdded brick veneer
Contributing1916Foursquare
Contributing1915Foursquare
Contributing1920Front-gableTwin to 362 Ashley Ave. and 551 Huger St.; subsequent renovation reopened porch but removed original windows
Contributing1916BungalowTwin of 17 Kenilworth Ave. and 341 President St.
Contributing1914BungalowBefore being restored in 2013, the house was covered in vinyl siding:

Contributing1917BungalowCraftsman
Contributing1917Front-gableA second floor was added to the front porch in 2012.
Contributing1915Front-gable
Contributing1917FoursquareHome of U.S. Representatives Thomas S. McMillan and Clara G. McMillan from 1917-1922
Non-contributing1916Lateral-gable
Contributing1915Foursquare
Contributing1922Foursquare
Contributing1919Foursquare
Contributing1917Foursquare
Contributing1921Lateral-gable
Contributing1916FoursquareTwin to 331 President St.
Contributing1919Front-gable
Contributing1916Foursquare
Contributing1938Lateral-gableColonial Revival influence
Non-contributing1922BungalowTwin to 78 Hagood Ave.; alterations and brick veneer added
Contributing1922Bungalow
Contributing1917Bungalow
Contributing1913Foursquare
Contributing1922Front-gable
Contributing1914Front-gable with Queen Anne influence
Contributing1913FoursquareShown here in 2012 just before its vinyl siding was removed during a restoration:

Contributing1921Foursquare
Contributing1920Foursquare variant
Contributing1912Foursquare
Contributing1912Bungalow influence
Contributing1921Lateral-gablePrairieShown here in 2003, the house received an award from the Preservation Society of Charleston for its restoration in 2011:

Contributing1923Foursquare
Contributing1914FoursquareOriginal windows removed during subsequent remodelling
Non-contributing1917Cottage
Contributing1938OtherTudor Revival
Non-contributing1951OtherRanch
Contributing1920Foursquare
Contributing1919Lateral-gableNear twin to 494 Huger St., 625 Rutledge Ave., and 182 Congress St.
Contributing1915Foursquare
Contributing1937Lateral-gableColonial RevivalThe house was designed by its first owners, the Werles of New Jersey, using Winnsboro granite.
Contributing1920OtherPrairieMirror image twin to 6 Wesson Ave.
Non-contributing1914-1917Freedman's cottageThe house was used as a commercial structure for most of the 20th century, including as period as a dance school.
Contributing1920BungalowCraftsman
Contributing1917FoursquareQueen Anne influence
Contributing1918FoursquareBuilt by George T. Trescott; near twin to 475 Huger St., 625 Rutledge Ave., and 182 Congress St.
Contributing1915Front-gable
Contributing1915FoursquareQueen Anne influenceNear twin of 513 Huger St., 10 Kenilworth Ave., and 335 President St.
Contributing1914FoursquareQueen Anne influence
Contributing1914FoursquareChildhood home of Akim Anastopoulo. The brick column in the photo marked an entrance to the neighborhood but was removed at an unknown date.
Contributing1914Foursquare
Contributing1917FoursquareHome of Samuel Rittenberg from 1919-1932
Contributing1912Foursquare
Contributing1914 FoursquareNear twin to 10 Kenilworth Ave. and 331 President St.
Contributing1916Foursquare
Contributing1914Foursquare
Contributing1912Foursquare
Contributing1916FoursquareQueen Anne influence
Contributing1921Foursquare
Contributing1919Lateral-gablePrairieShown here in 2006, the unique, suspended roof over the front door was replaced with a much larger porch:

Contributing1914Foursquare
Contributing1939Bungalow influence
Non-contributing1921Prairie
Contributing1919Foursquare
Contributing1915Foursquare
Contributing1929Lateral-gableDutch ColonialAladdin house
Contributing1922Foursquare
Contributing1921BungalowMirrorimage twin of 565 Huger St. but with later front-porch enclosure
Contributing1919Front-gableTwin of 362 Ashley Ave. and 4 Elmwood Ave.
Contributing1921Foursquare
Contributing1916Foursquare
Contributing1922BungalowMirror-image twin of 550 Huger St. but covered in later brick-patterned siding
Non-contributing1922Lateral-gableCraftsman influenceNear twin of 330 President St. and 14 Kenilworth Ave.
Contributing1919FoursquareCraftsman influenceHome of Mayor Thomas Stoney
Non-contributing1920Lateral-gableBrick veneer added
Contributing1916PrairiePrairie
Contributing1916Foursquare
Contributing1917Foursquare variant
Contributing1915Foursquare variant
Contributing1914FoursquareQueen Anne influenceNear twin of 497 Huger St., 513 Huger St., and 335 President St.
Contributing1919OtherBungalow influence
Contributing1915OtherBungalow influence
Contributing1920Lateral-gableCraftsman influenceNear twin to 330 President St. and 567 Huger St.
Contributing1919Foursquare
Contributing1917Foursquare
Contributing1915BungalowTwin to 5 Elmwood Ave. and 341 President St.
Contributing1916FoursquareQueen Anne influence
Contributing1920Lateral-gablePrairie influence
Contributing1915Foursquare
Contributing1927FoursquareCraftsman influence
Contributing1920Foursquare
Contributing1920BungalowCraftsman
Contributing1937Lateral-gableColonial RevivalDesigned by Stephen Thomas for Edwin Pearlstine
Contributing1937OtherColonial RevivalBuilt for Milton Pearlstine
Non-contributing1955ChurchGeorgianDesigned by Harold Tatum
Non-contributing1913FoursquareBrick veneer added
Contributing1935BungalowColonial RevivalDesigned by Stephen Thomas for Mr. Isadore Solomon
Contributing1916FoursquareTwin to 362 President St.; original windows were torn out in 1997
Contributing1922Foursquare
Contributing1916Foursquare
Contributing1914Foursquare
Contributing1921Front-gable
Contributing1923Foursquare
Contributing1923OtherPrairieFaculty House of The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina; home of U.S. Representatives Thomas S. McMillan and Clara G. McMillan
Contributing1919FoursquareShown here in 1913 before being restored:

Contributing1937Bungalow influence
Non-contributing1950RanchSteel casement windows were removed on the south and west elevations following a fire.
Contributing1921FoursquareBuilt by George Trescott; original windows were torn out in 2012 remodeling
Contributing1920Foursquare
Contributing1918Lateral-gableCraftsman bungalow influence
Contributing1920Foursquare
Contributing1917FoursquareShown here in 1917 before a room was added above the front porch:

Non-contributingOther
Contributing1917Lateral-gableColonial Revival influence
Contributing1931Lateral-gableSpanish ColonialShown here in 2004 before a renovation removed the tile roof and the decorative metalwork on the front stoop:

Contributing1917FoursquareA room built over what had been a one-story porch, shown here in 2006, led to the collapse of the addition and the porch in 2008.

Contributing1914Foursquare
Contributing1922Foursquare
Contributing1914FoursquareQueen Anne influenceShown here in 2006, the house subsequently had its original windows torn out:

Contributing1916Front-gableShown here before a 2010 restoration, its work was recognized with a 2012 Carolopolis Award:

Contributing1919FoursquareQueen Anne influence
Contributing1917Front-gableShown here in 1922, the house has had its porch enclosed, vinyl siding added, and windows replaced:

Contributing1916Bungalow
Contributing1917Lateral-gableTudor Revival
Non-contributing1951RanchDesigned by Augustus Constantine
Contributing1916Lateral-gableCraftsman influence
Contributing1916FoursquareQueen Anne influence
Non-contributing1914Foursquare
Contributing1914Foursquare
Non-contributing1913Foursquare
Contributing1922Lateral-gable
Contributing1920Front-gable
Contributing1919Bungalow
Contributing1921Front-gable
Contributing1920Bungalow
Contributing1919Front-gableShown here in August 2007, the house has since had its windows torn out, its eaves enclosed, and its porch columns changed:

Contributing1921Bungalow
Contributing1921Bungalow
Contributing1925Bungalow influence
Contributing1910Freedman's cottage
Contributing1919Front-gableTwin to 364 Ashley Ave.; built by George Trescott; shown here before a large addition to the north facade in 2010:

Contributing1914Bungalow
Contributing1921Lateral-gableCraftsman influenceNear twin to 567 Huger St. and 14 Kenilworth Ave.
Contributing1915FoursquareTwin to 5 Glenwood Ave.
Contributing1917FoursquareA middle porch support was added in 2012 and the corner columns were covered.
Contributing1913FoursquareNear twin of 513 Huger St. and 10 Kenilworth Ave.
Contributing1914Foursquare
Contributing1918Foursquare
Contributing1917FoursquareChildhood home of Sen. Ernest F. Hollings
Contributing1917FoursquareShown here in April 2004, the house has since had its original windows torn out, its front porch converted into a deck, and its brickwork repointed with cement:

Contributing1916BungalowTwin to 5 Elmwood Ave. and 17 Kenilworth Ave.
Contributing1928Lateral-gable
Non-contributing1914Other
Contributing1916FoursquareTwin to 151 Moultrie St. until 2001 work removed some original windows and altered porch column arrangement
Contributing1921Foursquare
Contributing1915FoursquareHome of civil rights leader Septima Clark
Contributing1921FoursquareBuilt by F.J.H. Haesloop
Contributing1914Foursquare variant
Contributing1917Front-gableHome of Claudia Tharin, founder of Florence Crittendon Home of Charleston. Before the house was restored in 2013, it had been covered in vinyl siding:
Contributing1922Foursquare
Contributing1922Bungalow
Contributing1920Front-gableCraftsman influence
Contributing1920Front-gable
Contributing1920Foursquare
Contributing1924BungalowOriginal windows were later torn out.
Contributing1919FoursquareNear twin to 475 Huger St., 494 Huger St., and 182 Congress St.; the house's restoration in 2012 included removing vinyl siding and restoring original windows
Non-contributing1990Commercial
Contributing1919Front-gable
Contributing1919Bungalow
Contributing1920Front-gableTwin to 1 South Allan Park, 232 Congress St., 236 Congress St., 368 Ashley Ave., and 299 President St.
Contributing1916Bungalow influence
Contributing1916Lateral-gable
Non-contributing1995Front-gable
Contributing
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