Unknown

Historic Property

Street Address:

76 Bull Street

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Site card for S108042000100282000

Date Surveyed:

circa 1972

Construction Date:

circa 1813

Number of Stories:

3

Exterior Walls Materials:

Clapboard; ; ; ; ;

Signficant Architectural Features:

Built by George Mathews, this was later the long time home of Hugh Swinton Legare, brilliant attorney, writer and public servant. The house stands on a high basement with a flight of red sandstone steps leading up to the entrance. Broad piazzas are on three sides and the house has a t-shaped floor plan. Interior has several variations of plasterwork and notable is a grey marble mantel in the front drawing room. Mantels are simple Adam. Basement level was finished for full family use.

Survey:

Historic Charleston Foundation Survey 1972

Archives Location:

Box 1, Series 108042, Survey of historic resources (county by county data on surface properties), circa 1971-2014

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