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Pebble Lodge in Aiken, home of Miss Elizabeth League, was photographed around 1900. The Queen Anne style of this house was popular around 1880-1910. Courtesy of the Aiken County Historical Museum.
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The Lanneau House in Norwood. The central tower, elaborate cornice with brackets, and Italianate windows help identify this as an Empire style home, popular from 1855-1885. Courtesy of George...
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This 1813 sketch by a member of the Manigault family of a house to be built in the "Pine Woods" illustrates several aspects of the lifestyle of a wealthy family early in the 19th century. During the...
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The Cornwallis House in Camden was the headquarters of Cornwallis for the winter the British troops remained there during the Revolutionary War in an attempt to pacify the South Carolina backcountry....
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Work began in 1852 on the magnificent Classical Revival auditorium and chapel building on the campus of South Carolina College, originally called College Hall, but now known as the Longstreet Theater...
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Keowee Plantation was the home of John Ewing and Flouride Bonneau Calhoun. A Greek Revival mansion on the hill is surrounded by the outbuildings of this Upcountry plantation, showing the system of...
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The Reynolds House, Camden, was built by Dr. George Reynolds in the early 1830s. A fine example of Greek Revival style, it serves here as a showcase for the family gathered on the porch and surrounded...
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Drayton Hall, built between 1738 and 1742 by John Drayton on the banks of the Ashley River in St. Andrew's Parish, Charleston County, has been declared a National Historic Landmark. It is currently...
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The John Rutledge House, 116 Broad Street, Charleston, is a fine example of a "Charleston double house." The centered front gable, dentil molding, and triangular pediment door are both distinctive in...
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Although known locally as the distinctive "Charleston single house," this building on Ashley Avenue is also a fine example of the Georgian construction style as it was adapted in South Carolina. At...