Isaac Jenkins Mikell House

The Isaac Jenkins Mikell House is an imposing Roman Revival residence in the style of grand Italian villa that was built in 1853–1854 by Edisto Island cotton planter and slave owner[1] Isaac Jenkins Mikell for his wife, Mary Martha Pope.[2] The house should not be confused with Peter's Point Plantation, an Edisto Island plantation built in about 1840 by Isaac Jenkins Mikell which is also sometimes referred to as the Isaac Jenkins Mikell House. During the time of the construction of the newer house, Isaac Mikell Jenkins kept 154 people enslaved there.[1]

Issac Jenkins Mikell House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Issac Jenkins Mikell House
Location	94 Rutledge Ave., Charleston, South Carolina
Coordinates	32°46′51.0672″N 79°56′31.6896″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1853–1854
Architectural style	Roman Revival
NRHP reference No.	14000056
Added to NRHP	March 11, 2014

The Isaac Jenkins Mikell House was shown in an engraving in a June 1857 issue of Harper's Magazine.

The southern facade (overlooking Montagu Street) is dominated by a pedimented portico with six columns with composite capitals carved from cypress and ornamented with rams’ heads. In addition to the main house, there is a kitchen building and separate coach house on the premises.[2] A 1939 photograph shows the slave quarters.

The house was bought in 1935 by the Charleston Free Library and served as a public library until the early 1960s when it was sold and restored as a private residence.[2] In 2008, the house sold for $4.8 million to Manhattan socialite Patricia Altschul.[3] The house is frequently featured on the Bravo television reality show, Southern Charm; Altschul is the mother of one of the program's regular cast, filmmaker Whitney Sudler-Smith, who is also executive producer of the show.[4] The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.[5]

See also

• Peter's Point Plantation, same owner

References

1. 1850 U.S. Federal Census-Slave Schedule
2. "94 Rutledge Avenue". Preservation Society of Charleston. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
3. Stech, Katy (March 28, 2008). "Downtown estate sells for $4.8M". Post & Courier. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
4. Parker, Adam (March 1, 2014). "Will 'Southern Charm' charm or go south?". Charleston Post & Courier. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
5. "Mikell, Isaac Jenkins, House". National Park Service. Retrieved July 14, 2014.