Williams Mansion
The Williams Mansion is a Victorian house at 16 Meeting St, Charleston, South Carolina. The mansion is open for public tours.Photo: Maveric149, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: House
- Description: historic house in Charleston, SC USA
- Also known as: “Calhoun Mansion”
- Address: 16 Meeting Street, Charleston, SC 29401
- Roof shape: mansard
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include White Point Garden and Dr. William Snowden House.
White Point Garden
Park
Photo: BrineStans, CC BY 3.0.
White Point Garden is a 5.7 acre public park located in peninsular Charleston, South Carolina, at the tip of the peninsula. It is the southern terminus for the Battery, a defensive seawall and promenade.
Dr. William Snowden House
House
Photo: ProfReader, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Dr. William Snowden House was used as a hospital operated by its owner, Dr. William Snowden, and Dr. Snowden's wife, Amarynthia Yates Snowden. When bombardment of the city forced the Snowdens to evacuate to Columbia, South Carolina, the family's silver was buried in the yard; it was not unearthed until the 1920s when a box of the silver was found during landscaping work.
Louis Gourd House
House
The Louis Gourd House is a Victorian house in Charleston, South Carolina which was once the carriage house of the Calhoun Mansion. The house, built in the 1870s, once included eight stalls, space for carriages, and servants' quarters, but the interior was entirely removed as part of the building's conversion into a residence.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include French Quarter and Ansonborough.
French Quarter
Quarter
Photo: BrineStans, CC BY 3.0.
The French Quarter is a historic district and a section of downtown Charleston, South Carolina, United States, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Ansonborough
Quarter
Ansonborough is a neighborhood in Charleston, South Carolina. In 1726, Captain George Anson acquired a 64-acre tract from Thomas Gadsden. Anson's lands were divided into smaller parcels for development, and several streets were named either for his ships or for himself: George and Anson, Scarborough and Squirrel, and Centurion.
Wraggborough
Quarter
Wraggborough is a neighborhood in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, named after slave trader Joseph Wragg, and noted for its association with the slave trade.
Williams Mansion
- Categories: building and residential building
- Location: South Carolina, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.77152° or 32° 46′ 18″ northLongitude
-79.93002° or 79° 55′ 48″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Inception
1878Levels
3Height
66 feet (20 metres)Open location code
8742Q3C9+JXOpenStreetMap ID
way 37835897OpenStreetMap feature
building=detachedOpenStreetMap attribute
roof-shape=mansardWikidata ID
Q16890067
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In Other Languages
From Spanish to Turkish—“Williams Mansion” goes by many names.
- Spanish: “Mansión Calhoun”
- Turkish: “Calhoun Malikanesi”
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