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Heyward, Dubose, House

Charleston, South Carolina
County of Charleston.
National Register Number: 71000749
 Resource type: Building.
Property type: Domestic - single dwelling. The threat level was Satisfactory in
2008.
Congressional District: SC-6 Certified Local Government: YES

Statement of Significance (as of designation - November 11, 1971):
From about 1919 to 1924, this was the residence of DuBose Heyward (1885-1940), author the novel PORGY (1925), which inspired the famed folk opera PORGY AND BESS. Heyward chose as the setting for his novel the Black community of Charleston; the protagonist is a crippled beggar whose struggle is treated with sensitivity and insight by the author, himself a victim of polio.

Condition:
There are no threats to the NHL.

In the process of repainting the facade.


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