Charles H. Duckett House | |
 Charles Duckett House, 2012 | |
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| Location | 105 Downs St., Laurens, South Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 34°29′46″N 82°01′41″W / 34.496145°N 82.028183°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1892 |
| Built by | Charles H. Duckett |
| MPS | City of Laurens MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 86003151[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 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.
