Charles Elliott House
The Charles Elliott House is a pre-Revolutionary house in Charleston, South Carolina. Charles Elliott paid 2,500 pounds "current currency" (that is, the currency authorized by the colonial government) for the property in 1764.[1] Charles Elliott and his wife, Anne, were patriots during the Colonial period who maintained their family seat at Sandy Hill.[1]
The house is a Georgian double house built of cypress with interior cypress woodwork.[1] Some of the interior elements were remodeled between 1790 and 1800 in the Adamesque style.[2] Although the house follows the normal floorplan for a double house (four rooms per floor separated by a hall and staircase), the rear rooms are much smaller than the front rooms; the disparity in sizes has even led to the house's being described as a "modified Charleston single house."[1] Unusually, the house has thick brick firewalls rising from the basement to the attic between the rooms to limit the spread of any fires.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Stockton, Robert P. (March 8, 1976). "22 Legare Reflects Eclecticism". News and Courier. Charleston, South Carolina. pp. B1. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
- ^ Espedhal, Martha (February 21, 1965). "Five Homes to Be Shown". News and Courier. Charleston, South Carolina. pp. 1C. Retrieved April 23, 2016.