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The Joseph Manigault House

THE JOSEPH MANIGAULT HOUSE   AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF THE ADAM STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE IN PLAN, INTERIOR DETAIL AND DECORATION. THE HOUSE WAS DESIGNED BY GABRIEL MANIGAULT, CHARLESTON'S MOST FAMOUS...

THE JOSEPH MANIGAULT HOUSE
 
AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF THE ADAM STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE IN PLAN, INTERIOR DETAIL AND DECORATION. THE HOUSE WAS DESIGNED BY GABRIEL MANIGAULT, CHARLESTON'S MOST FAMOUS AMATEUR ARCHITECT, FOR HIS BROTHER JOSEPH MANIGAULT, WHO ACQUIRED THE LOT IN 1802 AND BUILT THE HOUSE A SHORT TIME LATER.
 
THE LOT, WHICH WAS PART OF A TRACT FORMERLY KNOWN AS WRAGGSBOROUGH, HAD BELONGED TO JOSEPH MANICAULT'S MOTHER, MRS. PETER MADIGAULT, TO WHOM IT HAD COME BY INHERITANCE FROM HER FATHER, JOSEPH WRAGG.
 
PLACED BY THE CITY OF CHARLESTON S.C.
1953

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