Enston Home Gate

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

Unknown

Street Address:

900 King St., Charleston, SC (Charleston County)

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Site Number:

0075.29

Control Number:

U/19/0075.29

Tax Number:

4631601001

Date Surveyed:

April 16 2003

Category:

Structure

Construction Date:

1893

Historic Use:

Landscape

Current Use:

Landscape

Historic Core Shape:

Rectangular

Architect or Builder:

McArrel, Robert (builder); W.B.W. Howe (architect)

Construction Method:

frame

National Register Determination:

listed;

Historical Information:

Built by mason Robert McArrel, this gateway arch, with its 1895 wrought-iron gates, marks the entrance to the Enston Home Complex. William Enston died in 1859 and left money in his estate to establish a home for the elderly based on examples in his native Canterbury. Architect W.B.W. Howe designed Picturesque rows and Romanesque buildings. The complex also had a sewage system designed by Rudolph Hering. Contractor Colin P. Grant and mason Robert McArrel oversaw construction.

Source of Historical Information:

The William Enston NRHP nomination

Quadrangle Name:

Charleston

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