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Three B&W photographs of the Amarinthea Elliott House (16 Legare Street):
a: Corner view of the house, showing the west (front) and south (piazzas) elevations. Captioned on back: "This tall, narrow dwelling with its full compliment of side piazzas exemplifies Charleston's peculiar architectural rarity, the single house. It was built by Miss Amarinthea Elliott about 1795. Note the large lot and beautiful garden with its long vista." (Caption label removed."
b: Dining room with fireplace. Captioned on back: "Miss Amarinthea Elliott's House, 16 Legare Street, built in 1795, the home of Mr. and Mrs. James M. Hagood. The house is characteristically quite simple without, and handsome within, decorated with a modified use of the Adam style. The large airy rooms are little altered from the day it was built."
c: Interior room. Captioned on back: "Miss Elliott, some times referred to as 'plantress,' and member of an extensive Low Country family, seems to have built this 'single' house in the decade following the Revolution. It is characteristically quite simple with and handsome within, decorated with a modified use of the Adam style. Having been restored only last year by Mr. and Mrs. James M. Hagood, it is now open for the first time."
Photos A and B appear in the 1949 Festival of Homes tour booklet.