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The
office of Speights & Runyan occupies a two-story
frame house built by Major William Harrison Mauldin, a
South Carolina native. Major Mauldin served in the
Civil War in South Carolina’s Seventh Cavalry, Company
G. As a private, Major Mauldin was present at
Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9,
1865. |
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Major
Mauldin built this imposing two-story frame residence in
Italianate Victorian style ca. 1875. Double
piazzas feature square columns, turned balusters and
segmental arches between the columns. The
entablature is elegantly bracketed. An octagonal
belvedere atop the hip roof has paneled shutters; the
widows walk surrounding the belvedere has been removed.
The Mauldin House has four chimneys with corbel caps.
Windows are two over two (2/2) lights with elaborately
pedimented and scrolled frames. Venetian glass
window panes in cobalt blue and cranberry red were
brought to Hampton for the house from Seattle,
Washington. The five-bay facade is in the "ABCBA"
configuration. |