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 Carolinas Seventh Cavalry, Company G. As a private, Major
Mauldin was present at Lees 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. |