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Historic Property

Street Address:

162 Wentworth Street, Charleston, South Carolina (Charleston County)

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Site card for S108042000500063000

Date Surveyed:

circa 1972

Construction Date:

1815

Number of Stories:

4

Exterior Walls Materials:

Stucco

Roof Shape:

Hip

Signficant Architectural Features:

This is a most impressive dwelling with a distinguished history. Built shortly after 1853, for Richard DeTreville, an attorney, it later became the home of George A. Trenholm, Secretary of the Treasury of the Confederacy. The 4 story stucco house has a handsome treatment of the grand Charleston manner on the exterior, with its carved window cornices, and elaborate roof cornice with medallions.

Survey:

Historic Charleston Foundation Survey 1972

Archives Location:

Box 5, Series 108042, Survey of historic resources (county by county data on surface properties), circa 1971-2014

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