South Carolina Society Hall
Manigault, Gabriel
Download1B3-AB-C-A4_cp.jpg (491.9Kb)
Date
1804Description
Overall view, facade; Manigault was born in Charleston, descended from Huguenots, and studied in Geneva and London. He returned after the American Revolutionary War and introduced the Adamesque style to the city. Manigault's design consisted of a two-story brick building on a very high basement, covered with stucco. A large meeting room and ballroom occupied the second floor. The meeting room also contained a small musician's gallery and a decorative Palladian window, while the ballroom was ornamented with a Neoclassical canopy. In 1825, the portico with Doric and Ionic orders, designed by local architect Frederick Wesner, was added along with the brownstone stairs and iron railings. As a result of damage to the building during the Civil War and the 1886 earthquake the interior was renovated during the Victorian period. Source: National Register of Historic Places [website]; http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/ (accessed 5/1/2011)
Type of Work
society buildingSubject
architecture, Restoration and conservation, Adam Style, Eighteenth century, Neoclassical
Rights
Rights Statement
Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only