Unknown

Historic Property

Street Address:

33 Charlotte Street

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Site card for S108042000100369000

Date Surveyed:

circa 1972

Construction Date:

1854

Number of Stories:

3 1/2

Exterior Walls Materials:

Brick; ; ;

Roof Shape:

Gable

Signficant Architectural Features:

Greek Revival. The house was designed in the high-colored fashion of the 1850's, with a grand entrance stairs in rusticated sandstone, cast iron railings, a pedimented entranceway of the Corinthian order, and sanded glass panes in the door and the fanlight. The plan is a modified double house. The rear center is occupied by piazzas. The interior contains 14 foot ceilings, deep ribbed cornices, brass chandeliers, carved black marble mantels, and intricate ceiling medallions. The brickwork is of Flemish bond with a pointed mortar. The house was once the residence of General Daniel Edgar Sickles, the notorious military leader and U.S. Congressman.

Survey:

Historic Charleston Foundation Survey 1972

Archives Location:

Box 1, Series 108042, Survey of historic resources (county by county data on surface properties), circa 1971-2014

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