44 St. Philip Street

44 St. Philip Street
When this pre-Revolutionary house at 44 St. Philip Street was sold in 1846, it was the most valuable of three rental properties (44, 46, and 48 St. Philip) sold by the McCrady Estate, being “now rented at $200/year.” Charles Mouzon paid $1,790 for the house with its separate kitchen building; a decade later, Mouzon’s estate sold the property to David B. LaFar for $3,500. LaFar had bought the other McCrady houses, 46 and 48 St. Philip, in 1846 for his two married daughters; a widower since 1828, he bought 44 St. Philip in 1857 to gain a residence near them. He died a year later, though, and the house passed to his daughter Julia Olsen. In 1885, the Catholic Bishop of Charleston bought and resold the house. The diocese added the rear (east) part of the lot to the grounds of Central School on George Street, and sold the house, still with a deep back yard, to Annie Magill. She and her husband, John Magill, made their home at 44 St. Philip until 1910. The College of Charleston bought 44 St. Philip in 1974 to use its land for the Simons Center. The early house was deemed worthy of preservation, so it was moved 100 feet to the south where it currently serves as offices for the School of the Arts. Courtesy of Historic Charleston Foundation Archives.
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