According to Jonathan Poston's invaluable book The Buildings of Charleston, a brickmason built the Robert Roulain House (ca. 1816) on a lot carved out of the Daniel Legare property (79 Anson Street). In the 1816 Charleston Directory, the Robert Roulain residence was listed as 42 George Street. Its current address is 9 George Street. As we have noted before, the Charleston street numbering system was fluid until after the great earthquake of 1886.
It became the home of Daniel Cobia in 1834, and in the 1835/1836 Charleston Directory the house address was listed as 8 George Street. Cobia suffered from "copious bleeding of the lungs" and died in 1837. At that time the house became the property of Major William Jacint Laval (b. 1788), the state treasurer and the nephew of Ann Withers Wilson Jacks (1771-1850).
It became the home of Daniel Cobia in 1834, and in the 1835/1836 Charleston Directory the house address was listed as 8 George Street. Cobia suffered from "copious bleeding of the lungs" and died in 1837. At that time the house became the property of Major William Jacint Laval (b. 1788), the state treasurer and the nephew of Ann Withers Wilson Jacks (1771-1850).
In the 1819 Charleston Directory, Louis Laval, the brother of Major Laval and Leonora Laval Martin (b. 1806), had a residence at 1 George Street. Louis Laval disappears from the record thereafter, but Major Laval is listed at "George Street" in the Charleston City Directory for 1841, and in the Directory of 1852 he is listed at "1 George Street".
We believe that "1 George Street" was located on the Southwest corner of George and Anson streets. The house that is currently known as "4 George Street", the James W. Brown House, is located at the Northwest corner of George and Anson streets. In the Directory of 1852, the James Brown residence is listed as "2 George Street". The implication is that "1 George Street" was located directly across the street, and that Major Laval lived in a house that was destroyed or moved sometime before the construction of the Gaillard Auditorium.
In any case, in 1855 Major Laval was living at 47 Anson Street, the property listed as the home of his sister Leonora Laval Martin in the Directory of 1852.
We believe that "1 George Street" was located on the Southwest corner of George and Anson streets. The house that is currently known as "4 George Street", the James W. Brown House, is located at the Northwest corner of George and Anson streets. In the Directory of 1852, the James Brown residence is listed as "2 George Street". The implication is that "1 George Street" was located directly across the street, and that Major Laval lived in a house that was destroyed or moved sometime before the construction of the Gaillard Auditorium.
In any case, in 1855 Major Laval was living at 47 Anson Street, the property listed as the home of his sister Leonora Laval Martin in the Directory of 1852.
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