View of the William Ravenel house, 13 East Battery, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

People:

Mathew B. Brady (photographic studio)
E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm) (publisher)

Title:

View of the William Ravenel house, 13 East Battery, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Date:

ca. 1860-1886

Description:

The photographs shows the house before the 1886 Charleston earthquake, in which the giant portico was demolished, leaving only its base. The photograph shows the house with the Tower of the Winds portico intact, featuring four Corinthian Capitals modelled after the Tower of the Winds, a time keeping tower, in Athens Greece. After the earthquake, the columns were buried in the back yard.

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 negative(s)

Technique and media:

Wet collodion glass plate negative

Dimensions:

16.4 x 21.8 cm

Reference number:

PH1984:0977:614

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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