Isaac Jenkins Mikell House
The southern facade (overlooking Montagu Street) is dominated by a pedimented portico with six columns with composite capitals carved from cypress and ornamented with rams' heads. In addition to the main house, there is a kitchen building and a separate coach house on the premises. A 1939 photograph shows the slave quarters.
The house was bought in 1935 by the Charleston Free Library and served as a public library until the early 1960s, when it was sold and restored as a private residence. In 2008, the house sold for $4.8 million to Manhattan socialite Patricia Altschul. The house is frequently featured on the Bravo television reality show, Southern Charm; Altschul is the mother of one of the program's regular cast, filmmaker Whitney Sudler-Smith, who is also executive producer of the show. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.
See also
- Peter's Point Plantation, same owner
References
- ^ 1850 U.S. Federal Census-Slave Schedule
- ^ "94 Rutledge Avenue". Preservation Society of Charleston. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
- ^ Stech, Katy (March 28, 2008). "Downtown estate sells for $4.8M". Post & Courier. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
- ^ Parker, Adam (March 1, 2014). "Will 'Southern Charm' charm or go south?". Charleston Post & Courier. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
- ^ "Mikell, Isaac Jenkins, House". National Park Service. Retrieved July 14, 2014.