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Made with high quality Tin sign , size 8×12 in. with 4 predrilled small holes on the corns
Location: 51 Meeting Street, Charleston, SC
Built: 1808
Owner: Nathaniel Russell, a wealthy merchant and slave trader from Rhode Island.
Style: Federal / Adamesque style, regarded as one of the finest examples in America.
Famous for its free-flying spiral staircase, which seems to float upward three stories without visible support.
Elaborate plasterwork, oval drawing room, and geometrical floor plan.
Large formal gardens restored to reflect the early 19th century.
Nathaniel Russell was part of Charleston’s merchant elite; his wealth was tied to the slave trade and plantation economy.
The house showcases the city’s antebellum grandeur but also its reliance on enslaved labor (the restored slave quarters are part of the interpretation today).
After passing through several owners, it was acquired by the Historic Charleston Foundation in 1955, making it one of the first house museums in the city.
Operated as a museum house, open daily to the public.
Designated a National Historic Landmark.
Considered one of Charleston’s must-see houses, alongside the Aiken-Rhett House.
Made with high quality Tin sign , size 8×12 in. with 4 predrilled small holes on the corns
Location: 51 Meeting Street, Charleston, SC
Built: 1808
Owner: Nathaniel Russell, a wealthy merchant and slave trader from Rhode Island.
Style: Federal / Adamesque style, regarded as one of the finest examples in America.
Famous for its free-flying spiral staircase, which seems to float upward three stories without visible support.
Elaborate plasterwork, oval drawing room, and geometrical floor plan.
Large formal gardens restored to reflect the early 19th century.
Nathaniel Russell was part of Charleston’s merchant elite; his wealth was tied to the slave trade and plantation economy.
The house showcases the city’s antebellum grandeur but also its reliance on enslaved labor (the restored slave quarters are part of the interpretation today).
After passing through several owners, it was acquired by the Historic Charleston Foundation in 1955, making it one of the first house museums in the city.
Operated as a museum house, open daily to the public.
Designated a National Historic Landmark.
Considered one of Charleston’s must-see houses, alongside the Aiken-Rhett House.
