Name/Title
64-68 Beaufain Street (Francis Quinlan McHugh Tenements)Entry/Object ID
BEAUFAIN.064-68.001Scope and Content
Constructed ca. 1850-53; rehabilitated mid-1980s. The attorney Francis Q. McHugh purchased a parcel on the north side of Beaufain Street, extending from Coming Street to Kirkland Lane. He intended to build speculative dwellings such as those he had constructed at 22-24 Wentworth Street in Ansonborough. Apparently, McHugh sold 68 Beaufain to the mason Thomas Divine with the provision that he complete a dwelling on the lot as well as buildings for McHugh which were already under construction. The two McHugh houses were completed as 3-story stuccoed single houses with flat roofs and simple parapets. Double-tiered piazzas with Tuscan columns shade the south facades of each structure. McHugh sold 64 Beaufain to Thomas N. Gadsden, a slave broker who owned numerous investment properties. Divine completed a 2-story single house with similar detailing by 1853, and later conveyed it to Theodore Huchet, a merchant of Santo Domingan descent. Huchet or perhaps a subsequent purchaser added pressed tin window hoods and a surmounting entablature, as well as a wooden overhang in similar style. (Poston, Buildings of Charleston.)
File contains house history from Information for Guides of Historic Charleston (1984); house history from City of Charleston Tour Guide Training Manual (2011); staff research source notes; draft "Statement of Significance" (unattributed, undated); newspaper articles (including 1970 DYKYC); Rosen and Associates (engineers) inspection reports for 66 Beaufain Street (1996, 2006); Rosen and Associates (engineers) inspection report for 68 Beaufain Street (1996); 1886 Earthquake damage assessment (pdf); Hurricane Hugo damage assessment (pdf).Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property RecordsAcquisition
Accession
BEAUFAIN.064-68Source or Donor
64-68 Beaufain Street (Francis Quinlan McHugh Tenements)Acquisition Method
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Beaufain Street, Harleston Village, Historic buildings--South Carolina--CharlestonArchive Details
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1 File FolderArchive Notes
Finding Aids: Index to Property Files.
Level of Description: FolderLocation
Location
Shelf
Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentDate
February 7, 2023Location
Container
PF Box 7Shelf
Prop File Shelves, Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
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Notes
Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 491Created By
admin@catalogit.appCreate Date
August 31, 2005Updated By
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February 17, 2023