Rare
Antebellum Southern Estate Hits Market
1847 Paul-Wichman House and Estate Awarded Sir John Colleton Award for
Preservation
The Huffines Company, a Lowcountry Real Estate Firm specializing in large high-end acreage, historically significant Southern plantations, luxury estates and prestigious hunting properties, is pleased to announce the listing of The1847 Paul-Wichman House and Estate. The estate is listed with the National
Trust of Historic P1aces in the Walterboro Historic District. The present
owners, only the third family to own this house, were awarded the Sir John
Colleton Award for Preservation by the Colleton County Historic and
Preservation Society. Both the Charleston Preservation Society and the SC
Historic Foundation have toured this unique property.
Located on more than five acres, the expansive 3 bedroom,
3 bath estate is within walking distance to the Antique District, Artisan
Center, Colleton Museum, churches, grocery stores, and the Wildlife Sanctuary.
It is within an hour of Charleston, Savannah, Beaufort, the ACE Basin National
Wildlife Refuge and
beaches.
Retired
as one of the leading brokers for over 30 years for Sotheby’s International
Realty, something about this house grabbed me. It is one of the most important
antebellum Southern estates that exists—I had to be involved, stated Calvert Huffines,
Managing Member of The Huffines Company LLC.
The 1847 home is an extraordinary, one-of-a-kind, single
story house of Greek Revival architecture. The large, magnificent house was
built from longleaf heart pine harvested on site. The rare original front and
back weighted and double hung windows are 12 feet high and provide unequalled
views of the surrounding towering pines, magnolias, hollies and live oaks. The
grand center hall is 10 feet wide, 15 feet high and 40 feet long, providing a
jaw-dropping sight upon entrance. Exquisite details include historic marble fireplaces, heavy heart pine
pocket doors and modern comforts such as a whole-house generator and water filtration
system. There are four original buildings: a brick greenhouse, a smoke house
now converted to a screened house for picnics, meditation or yoga/exercise, a
two-room original slave house and a carriage house. Beyond the carriage house a
path slopes down to a stream; across it’s bridge was once an extensive rose
garden. Closer to the house are 100 year old camellias
and outside the music room window is a towering Sweet Olive tree that blooms
several times during the year, its tiny blossoms perfuming the air of the
porches.
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The four building estate is current listed at $975,000. Furnishings are available under separate treaty
The four building estate is current listed at $975,000. Furnishings are available under separate treaty
