Name/Title
132 Church Street (Douxsaint-Macaulay House)Entry/Object ID
CHURCH.132.1Scope and Content
Constructed ca. 1796-1800. Although this dwelling has a plaque denoting its construction by the French Huguenot Paul Douxsaint in about 1726, that structure apparently burned in the fire of 1796. The exterior of the building, with its beaded weatherboarding, 9-over-9 windows with narrow muntins, and dormered hipped roof, follows the molding patterns of the early Federal period. Most of the interior retains late-18th century wainscoting and mantels, although several rooms have late-19th century alterations. Retaining an original, separated kitchen-laundry dependency at the rear, and brickwork on this structure with dogtooth cornicing relates to the post-Revolutionary period as well. In the 19th century Daniel Macaulay, a member of one of Charleston's leading Scottish merchant families, owned and occupied the dwelling. (Poston, Buildings of Charleston.)
File contains brief house history (1995, from unidentified guide book); newspaper article (Mercury, 2015); photographic reprint of 1828 plat.Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property RecordsAcquisition
Accession
CHURCH.132.Source or Donor
132 Church Street (Douxsaint-Macaulay House)Acquisition Method
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Church Street, 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 28Shelf
Prop File Shelves, Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
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Notes
Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), p. 84Created By
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January 24, 2007Updated By
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February 17, 2023