Mount Pleasant Magazine March/April 2020

73 www.MountPleasantMagazine.com | www.ILoveMountPleasant.com | www.BestofMP.com beautiful homes National Register of Historic Places in 1982, features 105 properties, including historic homes like the John Y. Dupre House, churches and educational properties dating from the 1860s to 1935. The town was founded in the 1850s as a summer retreat for St. James Santee and Georgetown planters, and by the early 20th century had developed into a year-round commercial fishing hamlet. Circa 1863, the John Y. Dupre House on 423 Pinckney Street is the oldest residence in McClellanville. Interestingly, the house, which was originally owned by Dr. John Young Dupre of Ashton Plantation, was actually his grandfather’s residence. Dupre had the home relocated from the Echaw Plantation on the Santee River near Jamestown. That plantation home, which was built in 1790, was dismantled in 186l and floated 12 miles down the South Santee River on a barge where it was then reassembled on Dupre’s lot. Dupre was one of the first planters to buy a lot and build in McClellanville, and he convinced fellow planters to follow his lead and help grow the community. Soon after moving to McClellanville, Dupre served in the Confederate Army, and upon his return, he practiced medicine in neighboring Christ Church Parish for 50 years. He only lived in the home until 1869, however, selling it to his brother, Andrew, before moving into another home on the same street. Now fully renovated, this fishing village cottage is one- and-a-half stories with a high gabled roof extending over a spacious screened front porch on its façade. According to the Statewide Survey of Historic Properties, the house is currently privately-owned. John Y. Dupre House, circa 1863. Photo by Tonya McGue. saltmarshcontracting.com info@saltmarshcontracting.com 843.297.1801 mount pleasant, sc CON T RAC T I NG L LC SA LT MARSH