Charles H. Duckett House

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Charles H. Duckett House
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Location105 Downs St., Laurens, South Carolina
Coordinates 34°29′46″N82°01′41″W / 34.496145°N 82.028183°W / 34.496145; -82.028183 Coordinates: 34°29′46″N82°01′41″W / 34.496145°N 82.028183°W / 34.496145; -82.028183
Arealess than one acre
Built1892 (1892)
Built byCharles H. Duckett
MPS City of Laurens MRA
NRHP reference No. 86003151 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 19, 1986

The Charles H. Duckett House is a house listed on the National Register of Historic Places located in Laurens, South Carolina. The vernacular, one-story, L-shaped frame house was built ca1892 by Charles H. "Charlie" Duckett, a notable African-American businessman in Laurens. He was a contractor, a carpenter, owner of a funeral home, and owner of what for a number of years was the only lumber yard in the city. [2] [3]

The house, built on a brick pier foundation, has a standing seam metal hip roof with a low pitch and beaded weatherboard siding. The main entrance door has an Eastlake-style design. The interior of the house features a central hall with five rooms on the main floor and the kitchen and dining room located in the stuccoed brick wall basement. The dining room has a built-in china cabinet, a Greek revival style mantel and a paneled ceiling. The rooms of the house have plaster walls, carved mantels and picture mouldings. [2] [4]

Located in a neighborhood associated with the African-American community since it was first developed, the house remained in the Duckett family until 1975. It is now owned by the Laurens County African American Cultural Foundation, [5] with an easement held by the Palmetto Trust for Historic Preservation. [6] It is now used as a museum and community action center.

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