circa 1800
— A Private Residence —
Timothy Ford, a native of Morristown, New Jersey, Princeton educated attorney who as a youth served in the American Revolution, built this fine Charleston single house in the Adamesque style. Ford entertained the Marquis de Lafayette here on the French Hero's visit to Charleston in 1824. The house remained the home of Ford's family for more than 100 years. His daughter married Edmund Ravenel, M.D., a noted conchologist and one of the founders of the Medical College of South Carolina in 1824. His friend, the naturalist Louis Agassiz, resided in the family's summer home on Sullivan's Island while studying local sea life.| HM Number | HMQAJ |
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| Series | This marker is part of the South Carolina: Preservation Society of Charleston series |
| Tags | |
| Year Placed | 2003 |
| Placed By | The Preservation Society of Charleston |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Wednesday, September 17th, 2014 at 6:20am PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 17S E 600155 N 3626757 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 32.77416667, -79.93060000 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 32° 46.45', W 79° 55.836' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 32° 46' 27.00" N, 79° 55' 50.16" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 843 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 1 Ford Ct, Charleston SC 29401, US |
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