Gaillard-Bennett House (Charleston, South Carolina)

USA / South Carolina / Charleston / Charleston, South Carolina / Montagu Street, 60
 house, garden, mansion / manor house / villa

c. 1800

One of the finest examples of the architecture of the Federal Period in the United States.

According to historian John Poston in his book, The Buildings of Charleston, "General Robert E. Lee addressed well wishers from the second level of the portico" while visiting the owner Washington Jefferson Bennett after the war.
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Coordinates:   32°46'47"N   79°56'41"W
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