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3 Cedarwood Lane

Ravenel-Boyle House

Bruce Walker Ravenel and his wife, Margaret Middleton Ravenel, constructed this Colonial Revival style home during the mid-1920s. Despite its Cedarwood Lane address, the house faces south toward Devereaux Road because Mrs. Ravenel reportedly wanted her house to be “like those in Charleston” through this unique orientation. The couple lost the house during the Great Depression and in 1936, Tom Boyle and his wife, Margaret, purchased the residence. In the 1940s, the couple added a den extension on the western façade of the house and enclosed the eastern screen porch for use as a sunroom. Descendants of the Boyle family are still in residence.

 

  • 3 Cedarwood Lane

    3 Cedarwood Lane, 2018. Historic Columbia collection

  • 3 Cedarwood Lane

    By 1937, 3 Cedarwood Lane had benefited from years of gardening, a popular pastime for many Heathwood residents. Note the grounds’ abundant yucca plants, cedars, and boxwoods, as well as the trellises that frame the building’s first-story tripartite windows. Image courtesy Boyle family

  • 3 Cedarwood Lane

    Boyle family children at 3 Cedarwood Lane, June 1951. Image courtesy Boyle family

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