Calhoun Mansion - Charleston Things To Do

  • Address: 16 Meeting Street, Charleston, SC
  • Phone: +1 804 722 8205
Calhoun Mansion
16 Meeting Street
Charleston, SC

Calhoun Mansion Details

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  • The single largest of Charleston's surviving grand homes, the 1876 Calhoun Mansion boasts 35 opulent rooms (with 23 fireplaces!) in a striking Italianate ... more on Amazon.com
  • The best house museum in charleston. Fabulous furnishings and great archetecture and art collection, it is like nothing else in ... more on TripAdvisor
  • The single largest of Charleston's surviving grand homes, the 1876 Calhoun Mansion boasts 35 opulent rooms (with 23 fireplaces!) in a striking Italianate ... more on Amazon.com
  • The single largest of Charleston's surviving grand homes, the 1876 Calhoun Mansion boasts 35 opulent rooms (with 23 fireplaces!) in a striking Italianate ... more on Amazon.com
  • The house is the largest home in the city, with 24,000 square feet and 25 rooms. The ballroom upstairs has a 45-foot ceiling ... more on Amazon.com

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3.0
No longer furnished

Just wanted to let everyone know that although the mansion is still open for tours from time to time, there is no longer any furniture inside, due to sale of the property. The staff at our hotel told us about this and so we did not tour the home, so I cannot comment on the "empty house" tour. How... A TripAdvisor Member, a user of Tripadvisor. Read full review on TripAdvisor

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4.0
Is Now Furnished

I went to visit the Calhoun Mansion last week and i can tell you it is now exquisitely furnished with beautiful oils and antiques. The $15 per person entrance fee is a bit steep considering you can only see the 1st and 2nd floors and all the rooms are roped off, so you can only ... EnglishMaria, a user of Tripadvisor. Read full review on TripAdvisor

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5.0
Incredible home - recommend seeing.

visited the Calhoun Mansion a few days ago. A most BEAUTIFUL home, decorated with antiques, statues and statuettes, salon style paintings from floor to ceiling. As noted by other reviewers, the $15 entrance fee is a tad steep, but the house is unlike anything I've seen. More wealth and display th... A TripAdvisor Member, a user of Tripadvisor. Read full review on TripAdvisor

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1.0
AWFUL!

we were skeptical about spending $15 to tour the house because i had read a review of the home that was not very complementary. the woman running the tour assured us that we would love the house and that it was better than the Nathaniel Russel home. it was not!!! you only get to see 5 rooms and y... A TripAdvisor Member, a user of Tripadvisor. Read full review on TripAdvisor

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3.0
Leave the cap on the camera lens MAY 13, 2006

Although the mansion itself was quite lovely, and the history of the mansion was very fasinating, it just wasn't worth the 15$ to go inside and see two large halls and peer into a few rooms which are roped off. I just wished i could ... A TripAdvisor Member, a user of Tripadvisor. Read full review on TripAdvisor

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