Name/Title
15 Franklin Street (Etienne Poincignon House)Entry/Object ID
FRANKLIN.015.1Scope and Content
Constructed ca. 1850; rebuilt 1886-87. The wealthy tinsmith and real estate baron Etienne Poincignon built this simple 3-story masonry house in the side-hall plan in 1850 and shortly thereafter conveyed it to Caroline McNulty. Only the arched windows, the upper cast-iron grilles with anthemion motifs, and the decorative brick parapet interrupt the general austerity of the design, probably owing to the severe damage inflicted on the house by the earthquake of 1886, requiring that "all walls be rebuilt above the first story."
File contains house histories from Buildings of Charleston and Information for Guides of Historic Charleston; entry in This is Charleston ("notable"); Rosen and Associates (engineers) structural inspection report (2005); newspaper article (undated DYKYC).Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property RecordsAcquisition
Accession
FRANKLIN.015.Source or Donor
15 Franklin Street (Etienne Poincignon House)Acquisition Method
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Franklin Street, Lower Peninsula, Historic buildings--South Carolina--CharlestonArchive Details
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1 File FolderArchive Notes
Finding Aids: Index to Property Files
Level of Description: FolderLocation
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Shelf
Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentDate
February 7, 2023Location
Container
PF Box 42Shelf
Prop File Shelves, Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentLocation
Container
2Shelf
Prop File Shelves, Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
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Notes
Buildings of Charleston, p. 306 (see Abstract)Created By
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May 14, 2008Updated By
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February 17, 2023