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John Y. Dupre House

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The John Y. Dupre House is the oldest residence in McClellanville. The village of McClellanville was developed in the mid-nineteenth century when town namesake Archibald McClellan and fellow planter Richard Morrison, II subdivided their plantations – Pointe Plantation and Jeremy Plantation respectively – and sold the lots to other planters for their summer homes. Though Morrison operated nearby Laurel Hill Plantation, he purchased Jeremy Plantation to divide and sell. Dr. John Young Dupre of Ashton Plantation was one of the first planters to purchase one of the new lots in McCellanville, and he was instrumental in encouraging other planters to buy and build in the village as well. Following the Civil War, many former planters left their plantations and moved into towns to become merchants and business owners. McClellanville grew into a year-round community as a result.

John Dupree House in McClellanville

Gazie Nagle of Charleston, 2014 © Do Not Use Without Written Consent

Rather than build anew, Dr. Dupre elected to relocate his grandfather’s home from Echaw Plantation. Seen here, the plantation house was built around 1790. In 1861 the home was dismantled and floated 12 miles down the South Santee River on a barge, then reassembled on Dupre’s lot. The home was restored during the rebuilding process. Soon afterwards, Dr. Dupre joined the Confederate army. He returned to McClellanville permanently after his service in the war and practiced medicine for 50 years in neighboring Christ Church Parish.

Sadly, Dr. Dupre and his wife used the plantation house as their summer home for only a brief time. Mrs. Dupre died in 1865, just a few years after the home was moved to McClellanville. Dr. Dupre sold the property to his one of his brothers, Andrew Dupre, in 1869. He remained in McClellanville, however, in a home on the same street. That home is also called the John Y. Dupre House, which can cause some confusion.

The John Y. Dupre House is listed in the National Register as part of the McClellanville Historic District:

The McClellanville Historic District contains a collection of approximately 105 residential, commercial, religious and educational properties dating from ca. 1860 to ca. 1935. This collection is architecturally significant as an illustration of the founding of a pineland resort village and its development into a small but stable year-round commercial fishing village. McClellanville begin in the late 1850s as a summer retreat for St. James Santee and Georgetown planters. The prevailing vernacular forms, especially the central hall farmhouse, predominated in early McClellanville architecture, although the more fashionable architectural styles began to receive attention and can be seen throughout the town: Carpenter Gothic, Queen Anne, and Italianate with a rare Colonial Revival example. The commercial strip developed in the early 20th century and are of frame construction built directly on the road. The historic district is visually unified by the nearly ubiquitous wooden frame construction, by the consistent scale of the house, lots, and their relation to the banks of the creek, by the tremendous live oak trees that permeate the town, and by the relative absence of contemporary commercial intrusions.

Plan Your Trip: John Y. Dupre House

Where is John Y. Dupre House located?
Address: 423 Pinckney Street, McClellanville, SC 29458
GPS Coordinates: 33.081759,-79.459293
What else should I see?
Wade Hampton Graham House 0.2 mile
A.O. Atkinson House 0.4 mile
H.M. Lofton, Jr. House 0.4 mile
St. James-Santee Episcopal Church 0.4 mile
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    1. Ashanti says

      May 27, 2019 at 3:50 PM

      Do you know anything about the slaves they may have owned? Most of my ancestors have the last name Dupree (with an ā€œeā€) and they lived in SC? Thanks. I appreciate any information.

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    2. Jefrilynn Chandler says

      December 22, 2016 at 1:24 PM

      I live in this home in 1990 for a year. I befriended Miss Helen DuPre, who resided in the attached apartment. The home was still being repaired from Hugo damage and I froze my bum of the first winter. I then relocated to Pawleys Island. Miss Helen was a delightful woman. ..I miss her.

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