Dr. Peter Fayssoux House

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The Dr. Peter Fayssoux House at 126 Tradd Street, Charleston, South Carolina. 126 Tradd.JPG
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]

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References

  1. 1 2 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.

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