There were three main clumps of Hugenots that ended up in New Paltz, NY, Midlothian, VA, and Charleston, SC. The VA Huguenots have a house with two front doors placed quite near the central dividing wall. The dividing wall typically has a door at the back end of the house. You step straight into a room on both sides, rather than a hall.

But, there has been some controversy about the attribution from those on the Dark Side (Architectural History) of the divide. Having said that, local legend has that type of house firmly in the Huguenot tradition although it's not a survival from the 1700-1720 time period when they're arriving, but most seem to be first half 19th century. Does that type of house exist in the Huguenot inventory in SC?

Lyle Browning, RPA


On Sep 18, 2010, at 12:45 PM, Tina Devereaux wrote:

> Thank you for your response, Carl. I have not contacted Chris as of yet. I did, however contact Jay Coke, formerly of the Summerville Museum, who unfortunately had few answers for me. Summerville is abounding with odd homes and properties though apparently little records were kept on servant homes. 
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> Although there were surely many more homes at one time in Summerville such as mine, with two front doors, there are now only four. I feel blessed to have discovered and uncovered such a rarity.  It is truly a shame that the structures of centuries past are being destroyed.