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Historic Property

Street Address:

169 Wentworth Street, Charleston, South Carolina (Charleston County)

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Site card for S108042000500065000

Date Surveyed:

circa 1972

Construction Date:

circa 1837

Number of Stories:

2

Exterior Walls Materials:

Clapboard

Roof Shape:

Hip

Signficant Architectural Features:

Built probably around 1837, the house later became the home of Dr. John Beaufain Irving, noted author, and avid horseman. The house is built on a high brick basement and is faced with leveled clapboard with roof and piazza cornice in modillions. Tuscan columns are on both porches and the front entry steps are a recent addition. Interior embellishment is limited to a modified plaster cornice in each room, circular ceiling medallions, simple wooden framing of doors and windows.

Survey:

Historic Charleston Foundation Survey 1972

Archives Location:

Box 5, Series 108042, Survey of historic resources (county by county data on surface properties), circa 1971-2014

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