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Cleland Kinloch and Burnet R. Maybank Huger House

Houses completed in 1857Houses in Charleston, South CarolinaHouses on the National Register of Historic Places in South CarolinaNational Register of Historic Places in Charleston, South Carolina
8 Legare
8 Legare

The Cleland Kinloch and Burnet R. Maybank Huger House is a house in Charleston, South Carolina which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The property upon which 8 Legare Street is built was originally the rear portion of the Miles Brewton House at 27 King Street. When Miles Brewton died in 1791, the recipients of his house conveyed it to William Alston who left it to his own daughter, Mary Alston (later Mary Alston Pringle). When Mary Alston Pringle's daughter married Cleland H. Huger, the Legare Street half of the property was pared off and used for the couple's house.The house was built in 1857, likely by contractor Patrick O'Donnell, in the Italianate style. In the 20th century, it was home to Charleston Mayor Burnet Rhett Maybank who later served in the United States Senate.

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29401 Charleston
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Simmons-Edwards House
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Patrick O'Donnell House
Patrick O'Donnell House

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