5158 x 3431 px | 43,7 x 29 cm | 17,2 x 11,4 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
22. September 2008
Ort:
Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Weitere Informationen:
Front entry of the Calhoun Mansion on Meeting Street in Charleston SC Charleston founded in 1670 is considered America s most beautifully preserved architectural and historic city. The Calhoun Mansion, a baronial Italianate manor house built in 1876, is widely acclaimed as one of the greatest post-Civil War houses on the Eastern Seaboard. The remarkable, 24, 000 square foot structure has 14 foot ceilings, ornate plaster and wood moldings, elaborate chandeliers, a stairwell that reaches to a 75 foot domed ceiling, and a music room with a 45 foot covered glass skylight. The Mansion also includes truly astonishing decorative painting and lighting designed and installed by Louis Comfort Tiffany at the turn of the twentieth century. The Italianate style home consists of 35 rooms and 23 period fireplaces. The grand entrance hall is an astounding 14 feet high by 14 feet wide and is 65 feet in length.
