City Directories and History: WINSTANLEY-PARKER HOUSE; Constructed circa 1790-1810; altered 1960s
“Thomas Winstanley, Middlesex businessman and intendant (mayor) of the city in 1804, built this asymmetrical, two-story weatherboarded and hipped-roof house. The building has a stair hall and three rooms on each floor and was one of the earliest structures in the new neighborhood of Mazyckborough. Originally intended to face Charlotte Street with an extensive front garden, the former parcel was subdivided to create the lot for 44 Charlotte Street. By 1832 the house had been sold to Miss Rachel Parker, heiress of other properties in the area formerly owned by her uncle Benjamin Parker. Miss Parker lived in the house until her death in 1861, devising it in her will to her niece Sarah Drayton with bequests to Mrs. Drayton’s sons, Robert Parker and Charles Drayton. Part of the Drayton Hall line, Sarah Drayton spent her last years in this small house. The chimneys were removed in the 1960s after the building had been cut into apartments.”
Information from: The Buildings of Charleston – J.H. Poston for the Historic Charleston Foundation, 1997
Other sources of interest: Charleston Tax Payers of Charleston, SC in 1860-61, and the Dwelling Houses of Charleston by Alice R.H. Smith – 1917. The HCF may also have additional data at: Past Perfect and further research can be uncovered at: Charleston 1861 Census Schedule
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