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Listing No. 99

1808 Federal
Charleston, SC

Facade

Music Room

Music Room

Spiral Staircase

Nathaniel Russell House

"Since the early 1800s, visitors have admired the townhouse of Nathaniel and Sarah Russell, completed in 1808. Set amid spacious gardens, the mansion is recognized as one of America's most important neoclassical dwellings. The graceful interiors with elaborate plasterwork ornamentation, geometrically shaped rooms and a magnificent free-flying staircase are among the most exuberant ever created in early America. Furnished with period antiques and works of art, many of Charleston origin, the house evokes the gracious lifestyle of the city's merchant elite."
-Nathaniel Russell House

Features.

  • Dining room
  • Entry Hall
  • Kitchen
  • Living room
  • Music room
  • Study
  • Master bedroom upstairs
  • Garden
  • Fireplaces
  • Grand staircase
  • Wood floors
  • Drawing Room

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