Name/Title
89 Beaufain Street (William G. Steele House)Entry/Object ID
BEAUFAIN.089.001Scope and Content
Constructed 1815-19. William Steele, a lumber merchant, built this late-Neoclassical, 3-story brick single house with a cross-gabled roof in the early 19th century on parcels that were originally part of the Mazyck lands. The house is notable for its elegant detailing, especially the finely carved marble piazza door surround with delicate brackets and the lunette window positioned in the cross gable of the house. Duncan Nathaniel Ingraham was a later owner of the house. He achieved an international reputation for diplomacy, and after resigning from the U.S. Navy at the beginning of the Civil War, he supervised construction of two ironclads for the Confederacy.
File contains brief narrative house history (source and date not indicated); house history from Information for Guides of Historic Charleston; newspaper article (DYKYC) "Naval Hero Owned 89 Beaufain Street"; BAR application for restoration, including architectural drawings; copy of newspaper photograph of doorway (from scrapbook 2007.020.9).
Some documents copied to pdf; see Multimedia link.Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property RecordsAcquisition
Accession
BEAUFAIN.089.Source or Donor
89 Beaufain Street (William G. Steele House)Acquisition Method
Collected by StaffLexicon
Search Terms
Beaufain Street, Harleston Village, Historic buildings--South Carolina--CharlestonArchive Details
Archive Size/Extent
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
PermanentRelationships
Related Entries
Notes
2006.005.071a-b, 2006.010.001-3, 2011.015.40a-b, 2017.005.17, BEAUFAIN.089.002a-bRelated Publications
Notes
Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 492Created By
admin@catalogit.appCreate Date
August 31, 2005Updated By
admin@catalogit.appUpdate Date
February 17, 2023