GEORGE DWIGHT BRYAN Elected mayor December 13, 1887, succeeding William A. Courtenay. Succeeded by John F. Ficken, December 1891.
Born 1845, died June 4, 1919, buried at Magnolia Cemetery.
Son of George Smith Bryan and Rebecca Louise Dwight, married 1869 Mary Middleton King.
Member, St. Michael's Episcopal Church.
1860 entered U. S. Naval Academy as cadet; resigned March 1861.
Enlisted in South Carolina navy, then appointed midshipman in Confederate States Navy; captured in Brazil, imprisoned in Boston until February 1865.
Studied law privately, admitted to bar 1867. Attorney with Bryan & Bryan, City of Charleston corporation counsel, 1878-1887. Customs collector for the port of Charleston, 1894-1898. Charleston County probate judge, 1901-1919. Garlington, J. C. Men of the Time. Sketches of Living Notables. A Biographical Encyclopedia of Contemporaneous South Carolina Leaders. Spartanburg: Garlington Publishing Co., 1902. (http://books.google.com)
Hemphill, J. C. Men of Mark in South Carolina. Ideals of American Life. A Collection of Biographies of Leading Men of the State. Washington DC: Men of Mark Publishing Co., 1908. (http://books.google.com)
"In Memoriam. Ex-Mayor George D. Bryan." Year Book 1919, City of Charleston. Charleston, 1920.
"Judge G. D. Bryan Has Passed Away." News and Courier, June 5, 1919.
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1992 view, Historic American Buildings Survey, Library of Congress www.lofc.gov
31 East Battery, residence of mayor George D. Bryan. Margaretta (Mrs. Samuel P.) Ravenel owned this house from 1881 until 1903, maintaining it as a rental property. The Bryan family lived here from about 1886 until 1889. |
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Sanborn Company map, 1888
31 East Battery, 1888. |
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Sanborn Company map, 1902
31 East Battery, 1902. |
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Ichnography of Charleston, South Carolina. Surveyed by Edmund Petrie for the Phoenix Fire Company of London, 1788
Approximate location of 31 East Battery in 1788. |
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Preservation Society of Charleston
40 East Bay Street, residence of mayor George D. Bryan. The Bryan family lived here from about 1889 until 1903.
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City of Charleston Block Plats, 1882
40 East Bay Street, 1882. |
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Sanborn Company map, 1902
40 East Bay Street, 1902, with piazzas on the south and east sides overlooking High Battery and Charleston Harbor. |
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Sanborn Company map, 1944
40 East Bay Street, 1944. The building was remodeled several times during the early twentieth century, with the piazzas eventually being enclosed as interior spaces. |
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Sanborn Company map, 1951
40 East Bay Street, 1951. |
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C. Drie, Bird's Eye View of the City of Charleston, South Carolina, 1872 (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/ListSome.php?category=Maps)
40 East Bay Street is depicted on this 1872 map. |
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Ichnography of Charleston, South Carolina. Surveyed by Edmund Petrie for the Phoenix Fire Company of London, 1788
Approximate location of 40 East Bay Street in 1788. |
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