The Philip Porcher House was built on what had previously been part of a 34-acre plantation located outside the city limits of Charleston, South Carolina.[1] The lands passed to Isaac Mayzck and then, after his death in 1735, to his son, Isaac Mayzck II.[1] The younger Isaac Mayzck gave land at the corner of Archdale and Magazine Streets to his daughter, Mary Mayzck Porcher, for her and her husband, Philip Porcher, to build a house.[1] The house they built is similar to plantations of the time, built on a high foundation. Unlike similarly styled houses of the time, the house has two drawing rooms on the first floor rather than locating one on the second floor.[1] Instead, there are four bedrooms on the second floor.[1]
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