City Directories and History: ETIENNE POINCIGNON HOUSE
Constructed circa 1850; rebuilt 1886-87
The wealthy tinsmith and real estate baron Etienne Poincignon built this simple three-story masonry house in the side-hall plan in 1850 and shortly thereafter conveyed it to Caroline McNulty. Only the arched windows, the upper cast-iron grilles with anthemion motifs, and the decorative brick parapet interrupt the general austerity of the design, probably owing to the severe damage inflicted on the house by the earthquake of 1886, requiring that “all walls be rebuilt above the first story.”
The Buildings of Charleston – J.H. Poston for the Historic Charleston Foundation, 1997
“Built c. 1850 by Etienne Poincignon a prosperous tinsmith and real estate developer, this three story brick house has a stucco facade, a parapet roof line and a townhouse plan. DuBose Heyward, the author, lived here as a child.” (Thomas, DYKYC, July 14,1969; Stoney, This is Charleston , p.50 ) – CCPL
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