Edmonston-Alston House

Historic Property

Street Address:

21 East Battery

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Site card for S108042000200075000

Date Surveyed:

circa 1972

Number of Stories:

3

Exterior Walls Materials:

Stucco; ; ;

Roof Shape:

Flat

Signficant Architectural Features:

Built in 1829 by Charles Edmonston, a wealthy scotch shipping tycoon, it is a typical Charleston house. A balustrade runs atop the roof level with the Alston coat-of-arms painted thereon, a reminder of an early owner of the house, the wealthy Alstons of Georgetown. A graceful iron filigreed balcony runs along with second level fronting the full size windows and a most grand 3-tiered piazza with Doric and Corinthian columns with balustrades is on the south side of the house. This piazza is adorned with a handsome cornice of dentils, is screened on the first level and is stopped by balustrade.

Survey:

Historic Charleston Foundation Survey 1972

Archives Location:

Box 2, Series 108042, Survey of historic resources (county by county data on surface properties), circa 1971-2014

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