Timeless Elements Create Charm in This New Charleston Home

Text Margaret Zainey Roux, Photography Julia Lynn

“What’s the history of your house?” It is a question that Mary Milan Deupree is frequently asked, but one she never gets tired of answering.

“I can’t help but smile when strangers stop me on the street to inquire about its age and architecture,” she says of her Charleston home. “It’s only three years old! When we designed it, our intention wasn’t to recreate one specific architectural style, but to create a sense of history that remains in keeping with our neighbors, like the 1860s Victorian next door and the turn-of-the-twentieth-century admiral’s house across the street.”