Dr. Peter Fayssoux House

Coordinates: 32°46′28″N 79°56′06″W / 32.774421°N 79.935007°W / 32.774421; -79.935007
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The Dr. Peter Fayssoux House at 126 Tradd Street, Charleston, South Carolina.

The Dr. Peter Fayssoux House is a pre-Revolutionary house built about 1732 for Alexander Smith.[1] After the Revolutionary War, the Georgian house was home to Dr. Peter Fayssoux, the surgeon general of the Continental Army.[1] In the 1930s, the house was home of Beatrice Ravenel,[2] a Charleston writer. Dr. Peter Fayssoux was a member of the Society of the Cincinnati of the State of Georgia.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Long, Elizabeth (March 30, 1958). "Charleston Garden Club's Easter Tours Slated Saturday in Afternoon, Evening". News and Courier. Charleston, South Carolina. pp. 3B. Retrieved April 16, 2016.
  2. ^ "Historic Charleston Annual Home Tours Plans Complete". Charleston, South Carolina: News and Courier. March 2, 1958. p. 7.
  3. ^ Aimone, Alan Conrad (2005). "New York State Society of the Cincinnati: Biographies of Original Members and Other Continental Officers (review)". The Journal of Military History. 69 (1): 231–232. doi:10.1353/jmh.2005.0002. ISSN 1543-7795. S2CID 162248285.

32°46′28″N 79°56′06″W / 32.774421°N 79.935007°W / 32.774421; -79.935007