economy. Other buildings erected on the property included a gas plant, a storehouse that could house up to 150,000 bushels of rice, a cooperage and the superintendent’s home, located at what is now 190 Tradd St. Te home itself, according to several sources, was not destroyed in the 1859 fire.


Te home at 190 Tradd,


constructed in the late 1830s or early 1840s, is built in the Charleston single style. It typifies this style of architecture, with a gable roof and two stories. Te chimneys have pointed arches and the piazzas sport slender columns. Te interior is also typical of the single style, with two main rooms on each floor, divided by a centrally


located stairwell. Decorative elements of the interior of the home include wooden mantels designed in the Greek Revival style. Te home features wide baseboards and crown molding, and there is also an architrave molding surrounding each of the windows. Te earliest records available indicate that Robert E. Mellichamp, the superintendent of Chisolm’s mill, was the first known resident of the home. Te rent charged by the turn of the century provides evidence that the home had begun to deteriorate. In 1894, it was rented for $16 per month, but, by 1901, that was down to only $10 per month. Te author of “Porgy,” Dubose Heyward, lived at 190 Tradd St.


with his family as a child. His father was the manager of the rice mill. Heyward played an important role in the cultural history of Charleston as one of the leaders of the Charleston Renaissance.


Te most important figure to live in the home was George C. Rogers, who served as Charleston County school superintendent – not because of his job in the community but because he renovated the home. Rogers added a considerable amount of square footage by attaching an L-shaped extension that included a den, a bedroom and a sun porch in 1935. He added the second floor piazza, as well. His son, George C. Rogers Jr., a history professor at the University of


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