Basic Information
- Location Pendleton, Anderson County
Located on SC 88, about three miles east of Pendleton
- Origin of name ?
- Other names Gibbes, Broyles, Latta, Pelzer Place
- Current status Owned by Pendleton Historic Foundation and operated as a house museum.
Timeline
- 1820 Earliest known date of existence
- 1828 House built by Lewis Ladson Gibbes of Charleston
- 1837 Plantation bought by Dr. O. R. Broyles
- 1851 Plantation bought by James T. Latta of York
- 1862 Plantation bought by Mr. Robert Adger, owner of the Sword Gate House in Charleston
- 1865 Adger's daughter Clarissa and her husband O. A. Bowen lived in the house with their son Allen until this year.
- After 1865 Adger's daughter Sallie and her husband William D. Warren lived at the plantation.
It subsequently passed to Francis J. Pelzer (owner of Pelzer Mills and founder of the Town of Pelzer), then to John Linley of Anderson, and finally to Frederick W. Symmes of Greenville. Linley was the last resident owner. Upon his death, Ashtabula was purchased by Mead Corporation for a tree farm.
- 1961 Mead Corporation gave the house and ten acres to the Foundation for Historical Restoration in the Pendleton Area.
Land
Owners
- Alphabetical list Robert and Jane Eliza Fleming Adger (1862); O. A. and Clarissa Bowen (through 1865); Dr. O. R. and Sarah Broyles (1837); Foundation for Historical Restoration in the Pendleton Area (1961); Lewis Ladson and Maria Henrietta Drayton Gibbes (1828); James T. and Angela Lot Latta (1851); Linley; Mead Corporation; Francis J. Pelzer; Frederick W. Symmers; Taliaferro; William D. and Sallie Warren
Slaves
- Number of slaves ?
Buildings
Web Resources
- National Register of Historic Places
Nomination form - submitted in 1971 by Linda Lake - requires Adobe Reader
Photographs, architectural overview
- Ashtabula Plantation
Print Resources
- Initial references: 1, 17
- South Carolina Highway Historical Marker Guide (Columbia, SC: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, 1998), p. 13-14.
Contact Information
- Pendleton Historic Foundation
PO Box 444
Pendleton, SC 29670
Telephone: 864-646-7249
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