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Middleton-Pinckney House

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John Middleton died in 1826, and the house was sold to Mrs. Juliet Gibbes Elliott, at which time the house became known as the Elliott Mansion. The house remained a private residence until Jesse W. Starr Jr. bought it from Mrs. Elliott's estate in 1879 and resold it to the Water Works Company of
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The couple lived in the house at least from 1801 until, on February 26, 1825, the couple sold the house to Mrs. Pinckney's son, John Middleton, for $ 10,000. One exception occurred in 1816, when the family resided on Legare Street, perhaps to permit the reworking of the house in the then-popular
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Regency style. A real estate listing ran in the Charleston City Gazette in 1816 for the sale of the house which described an "unfinished Brick Building, intended for a dwelling house" along with a kitchen house and another brick dependency.
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and widow of John Middleton) began construction of the house in 1796 after purchasing a second lot adjacent to one bought by her father on George St. The house was completed by her and her second husband, Maj. Gen.
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The house was used as the headquarters for the water company when this postcard was made in 1907 showing a 135,000 gallon water tower to the immediate west of the house.
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Charleston in 1880. The water company was a private company until the City took over its operation in 1917.
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is a historic three-story home built on a raised basement at 14 George Street,
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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
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National Register of Historic Places in Charleston, South Carolina
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In 1988, the house became the location of the headquarters of the
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as a contributing property to the Charleston Historic District.
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neighborhood. Frances Motte Middleton (a daughter of Jacob and
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Historic district contributing properties in South Carolina
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U.S. Historic district
Contributing property

Middleton-Pinckney House is located in South Carolina
Middleton-Pinckney House is located in the United States
Charleston, South Carolina
32°47′09″N 79°55′57″W / 32.7857°N 79.9326°W / 32.7857; -79.9326
Neoclassical
Charleston Historic District
ID66000964
Charleston, South Carolina
Ansonborough
Rebecca Brewton Motte
Thomas Pinckney

Spoleto Festival USA
National Register of Historic Places
"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service
"Charleston Historic District"
the original
Touring South Carolina's Revolutionary War Sites
ISBN
978-0-89587-479-5


"Preservation Society"
the original

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