- Presqui'ile
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caption =
location= 2 Amherst St.,Charleston, South Carolina
lat_degrees = 32
lat_minutes = 47
lat_seconds = 43.48
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 79
long_minutes = 55
long_seconds = 59.9
long_direction = W
locmapin = South Carolina
area =
built =1802
architect= Unknown
architecture= Early Republic, Other
added =December 08 ,1978
governing_body = Private
refnum=78002503cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]Presqu'ile, or Presqui'ile, (pronounced Preesk-eel), the French term for "
peninsula ," was an appropriate name for the house built at 2 Amherst St.,Charleston, South Carolina between 1802 and 1808 because, at the time, the house stood on a finger of high ground that projected into the marshes of the Cooper River. The builder,Jacob Belser , was a planter, attorney, and state senator (1812-15).Robert P. Stockton, Information for Guides of Historic Charleston, South Carolina 72 (1985).]It has been speculated that the house was designed by
Gabriel Manigault . The interior has fineAdamesque decorations of carved wood and a sprial staircase. There is a single room on each of the first floors and two on the third, in the main, older prtion of the house. The stair is set in a semicircular bay on the rear.A square, three-story rear wing in the
Greek Revival style was added byHenry Grimke , a planter who acquired the house in 1840.It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 1978.cite web|url=http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/charleston/S10817710106/index.htm
title=Presqu'ile, Charleston County (2 Amherst St., Charleston) |accessdate=2008-03-18|work=National Register Properties in South Carolina listing|publisher=South Carolina Department of Archives and History]References
External links
* [http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/charleston/S10817710106/index.htm Presqu'ile, Charleston County (2 Amherst St., Charleston)] , at South Carolina Department of Archives and History
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