Ashtabula (Pendleton, South Carolina)
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Ashtabula
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Ashtabula in 2009
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| Location | 2725 Old Greenville Highway |
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| Nearest city | Pendleton, South Carolina |
| Coordinates | 34°40′44″N 82°45′25″W / 34.67889°N 82.75694°WCoordinates: 34°40′44″N 82°45′25″W / 34.67889°N 82.75694°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1828 |
| Architectural style | Central Hall, Double-pile |
| Part of | Pendleton Historic District (#70000560) |
| NRHP Reference # | 72001186 |
| Added to NRHP | March 23, 1972 |
Ashtabula is a plantation house at 2725 Old Greenville Highway near Pendleton in Anderson County, South Carolina, USA. It has been also known as the Gibbes-Broyles-Latta-Pelzer House or some combination of one or more of these names. It was named in the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district on March 23, 1972. It is considered a significant example of a Lowcountry style plantation house built for a Charleston family in the Upstate in the early 19th century. It also is part of the Pendleton Historic District.
Around 1790, Thomas Lofton built a two-story, brick house at the site. Later, the Gassaway family owned the house, which they operated as a tavern on the stage road from Pendleton to Pickensville and Greenville.
In the mid-1820s, Lewis Ladson Gibbes from Charleston built the frame house now known as Ashtabula. His spouse was Maria Drayton of Drayton Hall and a niece of Arthur Middleton. She died in 1826 and he died in 1828 just before the completion of the house. Some of their children lived in the house.
It was sold to Dr. Ozey R. Broyles in 1837. Broyles had an interest in agricultural and invented a subsurface plow. In 1845, the plantation set the "world's record for rice" production of 110 bushels per acre with each bushel weighing 43.75 lb (19.8 kg). During this period, the average production in South Carolina was of the order of 40 bushels per acre.
In 1851, the plantation was sold to James Latta. He imported some of the first Hereford cattle from England to improve the cattle stock. At the beginning of the Civil War, Robert Adger of Charleston purchased the house for his daughter Clarissa and her husband O. A. Bowen. Clarissa kept a detailed diary of life on the plantation that was published in 1973.
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