City Directories and History: JAMES GABEAU HOUSE
Constructed circa 1816; rehabilitated 1980s
“A cooper and descendant of French Huguenot immigrants became one of the first lot purchasers in Radcliffeborough to build a substantial dwelling in the emerging suburb at 64 Warren Street. A raised basement and brick piers support the main two-and-a-half- story wood, plantation style dwelling, which has a one-story front piazza approached by an original marble staircase with a wrought- iron railing. A pediment with a bull’s-eye window projects from the gable roof, along with two pedimented dormers. Gabeau also acquired the lot known as 66 Warren Street, and bis estate built a new two-and-a-half- story closed gable single house shortly before conveying the property.”
Information from: The Buildings of Charleston – J.H. Poston – Author, for the Historic Charleston Foundation, 1997
Other sources: Charleston Tax Payers of Charleston, SC in 1860-61, Dwelling Houses of Charleston by Alice R.H. Smith – 1917, Charleston 1861 Census Schedule, and a 1872 Bird’s Eye View of Charleston, S.C. The Hist. Charleston Foundation may also have additional data at: Past Perfect
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