The Philip Porcher House is at 19 Archdale Street, Charleston, South Carolina.

The Philip Porcher House was built on what had previously been part of a 34-acre plantation located outside the city limits of Charleston, South Carolina.[1] The lands passed to Isaac Mayzck and then, after his death in 1735, to his son, Isaac Mayzck II.[1] The younger Isaac Mayzck gave land at the corner of Archdale and Magazine Streets to his daughter, Mary Mayzck Porcher, for her and her husband, Philip Porcher, to build a house.[1] The house they built is similar to plantations of the time, built on a high foundation. Unlike similarly styled houses of the time, the house has two drawing rooms on the first floor rather than locating one on the second floor.[1] Instead, there are four bedrooms on the second floor.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Do You Know Your Charleston?". News and Courier. Charleston, South Carolina. May 24, 1937. p. 10. Retrieved April 2, 2016.

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