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Posted: June 22, 2021
This building was located at 52-54 Beaufain Street on the site where Memminger Auditorium is today. There’s no history of this house in HCF’s Archives. What is known is that it was demolished soon after this ca. 1937 photograph was taken for the construction of Memminger High School, which later became the site of the auditorium. Portions of the woodwork in the house were saved and given to The Charleston Museum. (News & Courier, 9/2/1938, 9/4/1938, 9/7/1938; Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps.)
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Karen , I missed the post on this photo. I have several other images of this (which you may have), one with a ‘Berlins’ sign in the front yard. Logan used to end in front of this house before the bend was constructed to connect to Coming. My interest was due to several Charleston artists who used this as a backdrop in their work. It is featured in a Hutty watercolor named “Wedding” (I think). And it is also a feature in a wonderful etching by Soderburg. I can send you a photo if you want one.
Best regards, David Hoffman
My grandparents lived here!! They moved to 66 Beaufain Street. I remember granny saying the house was owned by my grandfather’s cousin C.J. Powers. When they moved in Granny described having her sons cleaning all the many windows. My father said they also had to clean the attic space. He said they found Cornwallis’s papers there. They were donated to the Charleston museum. Her parents lived at 13 and 15 Beaufain Street. Mary (Mamie) Patricia Torlay was her name. My grandfather was Thomas James McGorty.