Magnolia Cemetery Superintendent's House

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

Unknown

Street Address:

Huguenin St., Charleston, SC (Charleston County)

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Site Number:

0077.02

Control Number:

U/19/0077.02

Tax Number:

4640000020

Date Surveyed:

April 15 2003

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

circa 1805

Alteration Date:

circa 1900

Historic Use:

Residential/Domestic

Current Use:

Funerary

Historic Core Shape:

Rectangular

Number of Stories:

2

Construction Method:

frame

Exterior Walls Materials:

Weatherboard

Foundation Materials:

Brick Piers

Roof Shape:

gable

Roof Materials:

raised seam metal

Porch Width:

full façade

Porch Shape:

shed

National Register Determination:

listed;

Signficant Architectural Features:

Interior end brick chimneys with gothic arch caps; tight eaves; 9/9 windows; gabled balcony with shaped bargeboards over 1st story porch; chamfered post porch supports; transoms over 3 front doors; rear shed 2 story porch; see NRHP nomination form for more detail

Alterations:

Original piazza filled (c. 1850); new porch added and single bay pedimented portico above (c. 1885); balustrade altered/replaced

Historical Information:

Originally, this house was built as the plantation house for the Magnolia Umbra Plantation. It was incorporated into the Magnolia Cemetery in 1850.

Source of Historical Information:

Magnolia Cemetery NRHP nomination

Quadrangle Name:

Charleston

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