Built W.P. Russell Governing body Private Phone +1 843-722-8205 | Built for George W. Williams Architectural style Victorian architecture | |
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Location 16 Meeting St., Charleston,
South Carolina Address 16 Meeting St, Charleston, SC 29401, USA Hours Open today · 11AM–5PMMonday11AM–5PMTuesday11AM–5PMWednesday11AM–5PMThursday11AM–5PMFriday11AM–5PMSaturday11AM–5PMSunday11AM–5PM Similar Aiken‑Rhett House, Nathaniel Russell House, Edmondston‑Alston House, Exchange and Provost, White Point Garden | ||
The calhoun mansion
The Calhoun Mansion is Victorian house at 16 Meeting St., Charleston, South Carolina. The mansion is open for public tours.
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Calhoun mansion
History
It was built for George W. Williams, a businessman, according to plans drawn by W.P. Russell.
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 house has a ballroom with a 45-foot-high ceiling.
When Williams died, his house was inherited by his son-in-law, Patrick Calhoun, a grandson of John C. Calhoun. It was from his ownership that the house derived it common name, the Calhoun Mansion. It opened as a hotel starting in 1914.
In 1932, the rear portion of the property, which faces on Church Street to the east, was subdivided, and the original stables and servants' quarters were converted into the Louis Gourd House.
Attorney Gedney Howe and his wife, Patricia, bought the house in 1976 and undertook a restoration. In 2000, Mr. Howe put the house up for sale, but it was still unsold by 2004, when he opted to advertise it for auction to occur on May 25, 2004. Before the auction, however, a private sale was arranged.
In popular culture
The house and grounds have appeared in ABC's mini-series North and South as the Hazard's mansion.
It also appears in Gunfight at Branson Creek movie.