The Alexander Christie House

 

Built ca. 1805

 

Scottish baker and merchant Alexander Christie had this handsome Federal-style single house built as his personal residence on a portion of Lot 36 of the Grand Model, Charleston's original town plan. Following Christie's death on July 15, 1823, an inventory of his belongings dated October 8 of the same year provides the most complete kitchen inventory from the antebellum period. In 1908, St. Philip's Church purchased the property for its rectory.

 

The dwelling exhibits elegant brick work, including jack arches above the window openings, paired belt courses separating each floor, and a corbelled cornice with brick dentils. An elaborately carved two-tier piazza with segmental arches on the upper level adorns the building's south façade. The Alexander Christie House and its neighbors at 90 and 94 Church Street represent variations of the single house building form typical in Charleston.

 

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