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The Charles Graves House is a good example of the Charleston single house style. The Charleston single house is the city's most famous architectural style. The house is built with the longer side perpendicular to the street, and normally has a piazza on the south or west side to take advantage of the prevailing winds.
The house was built in 1875 and 1876 for George W. Williams, a businessman, according to plans drawn by W.P. Russell by the Devereux Brothers as contractors. [2] The cornerstone was laid April 26, 1875. [3] The 24,000-square-foot house has thirty main rooms and many more smaller rooms. The main hall is 50 feet long and 14 feet wide.
The Nathaniel Russell House is an architecturally distinguished, early 19th-century house at 51 Meeting Street in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Built in 1808 by wealthy merchant and slave trader Nathaniel Russell, [ 4 ] it is recognized as one of the United States' most important neoclassical houses. [ 5 ]
Drawing of the original design. In the tense pre-Civil War period, the federal government felt that building a new custom house in Charleston to replace the Old Custom House would be a positive sign to South Carolina. A design competition with a US$300 prize was announced. About ten architects submitted entries.
Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. SC-269, "Robinson-Aiken House, 48 Elizabeth Street, Charleston, Charleston County, SC", 81 photos, 11 measured drawings, 10 data pages, 5 photo caption pages; HABS No. SC-269, "Robinson-Aiken House, Slave Building and Kitchens", 4 photos, 2 measured drawings, 5 data pages, 1 photo caption page
The Miles Brewton House is a National Historic Landmark residential complex located in Charleston, South Carolina.It is one of the finest examples of a double house (a reference to the arrangement of four main rooms per floor, separated by a central stair hall) in Charleston, designed on principles articulated by Andrea Palladio.
The large, neoclassical Simmons-Edwards House is a Charleston single house built for Francis Simmons, a Johns Island planter, about 1800. The house, located at 14 Legare St., Charleston, South Carolina, is famous for its large brick gates with decorative wrought iron. The gates, which were installed by George Edwards (who owned the house until ...
William Gibbes House, Charleston County (64 S. Battery, Charleston), at South Carolina Department of Archives and History Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. SC-445, "Gibbes House, 64 South Battery Street, Charleston, Charleston County, SC", 53 photos, 5 photo caption pages, supplemental material