Dubose Heyward House, Historic landmark house in Church Street, Charleston, United States.
The Dubose Heyward House is a modest two-story structure at 76 Church Street, on the east side of Church Street south of Trade Street in Charleston's historic district. It has a stuccoed exterior and a tile roof, and is now attached as a wing to the three-story house immediately to its left. It is not architecturally distinguished, and intervening walls were removed after Heyward's residence to enlarge dining and bedrooms.
Dubose Heyward lived in this two-story house on Church Street from about 1919 to 1924, before moving to North Carolina in 1925, where he wrote Porgy. He had helped found the Poetry Society of South Carolina in 1920. The house was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1971.
The house is linked to Porgy, Heyward's novel that was among the first to portray Southern African-Americans as well-rounded people rather than comic foils or propaganda. George Gershwin drew on the story for his folk opera Porgy and Bess, which carried the character into American culture. Heyward helped found the Poetry Society of South Carolina in 1920.
The house stands on the east side of Church Street, south of Trade Street, within the Charleston Historic District. It is now a wing attached to the three-story house immediately to its left, so look for the two-story stuccoed structure with a tile roof rather than a separate building.
The house is not architecturally distinguished: it was altered after Heyward's time by removing walls between it and the neighbouring three-story house, creating larger dining and bedrooms. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1971, and now forms a wing of that larger building.
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