📜 McCutchen House (1813)

McCutchen House was the second faculty double residence constructed at South Carolina College, likely designed after the Blacklock House in Charleston, S.C. The house hosted two of the longest-serving faculty members in school history — Maximilian LaBorde (1804-1873) and George McCutchen (1876-1951).

LaBorde occupied half of the duplex during his entire academic career at the college from 1842 to 1873. An alumnus of South Carolina College, he served as a trustee, state legislator and secretary of state of South Carolina before joining the college faculty.

The building is named for George McCutchen, who taught economics from 1900 to 1948. McCutchen lived in the house from 1915 until the university stopped providing faculty housing in 1945.

In the 1940's, the building was converted to academic use, and then later converted into a faculty club. In 2003, the College of Hospitality, Retail and Sport Management took over operation of the McCutchen House as a restaurant management and food service teaching facility open to the public.