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MLS ID: 25014073
For Sale - $6,200,000

About this property

Bedrooms 11
Baths 6
Half Baths 2
sq2 11737
Lot Size 0.4000 acres
Year Built 1826
DOM 67

Address

Address:
81 Rutledge Avenue
Subdivision:
Harleston Village
City:
Charleston
Zip Code:
29401
County:
Charleston
State:
SC

Features and Amenities

Exterior
Balcony, Stoop
Cooling
Central Air
Floors
Ceramic Tile, Vinyl, Wood
Style
Victorian
Laundry Features
Laundry Room
Community Features
Dog Park, Park, Tennis Court(s), Walk/Jog Trails
Interior Features
High Ceilings, Garden Tub/Shower, Kitchen Island, See Remarks, Walk-In Closet(s), Family, Formal Living, Entrance Foyer, Game, Great, Living/Dining Combo, Media, In-Law Floorplan, Office, Separate Dining, Study, Utility
Fireplace Features
Three +
Lot Features
0 - .5 Acre
Other
Central, Ductless, Multiple Closets, Walk-In Closet(s)

Description

The Sottile-Glover Mansion is an exceptional building, which is listed in the prestigious National Register of Historic Places. The first recorded sale of 81 Rutledge Avenue, then known as 6 Rutledge Street, was in 1775.Estate OverviewThree buildings on 79 & 81 Rutledge AvenueMain building (built in 1826) - a grand residence ideal for entertaining, featuring large rooms and piazzasOriginal house (pre-1775) - now divided into:Four-bedroom long-term rentalTwo-bedroom short-term rentalThird building - former carriage house with three stories, now used for storageAmple parking availablePrime location - Walking distance to MUSC, King Street, Colonial Lake, Broad Street, and the College of CharlestonProperty Description " Carriage house (third building) " Originally housed carriages, a community room for servants, and seven small bedrooms " Middle house (original house) " Built before 1775, constructed using wooden pegs " Now divided into rental units " Main house " Built in 1826 by Dr. J. Glover with 18-36 inch thick brick walls " Formerly served as the Italian consulate " Original painted ceilings deteriorated, but gold leaf cornices in the living and dining rooms remain " Cornices were custom-made in France to fit windows, mirrors, and French doorsHistorical Significance " First recorded sale in 1775 - included the building now used as rental property " 1826 - Mansion built by Dr. Joseph Glover (1740-1840), a respected physician and advocate for urban greenery " Later ownership " Arthur Gordon Rose (1794-1880) - President of the Bank of Charleston " Early 1900s - Used as a school for girls, later purchased by the Benjamin Moise family " 1906 - Bought by Giovanni Sottile, Italian Consul, who added Italianate details " Hosted King Victor Emanuel of Italy " 1991 - Passed to Carmelina Sottile Thompson " 1999 - Purchased by the current ownersArchitectural & Preservation Details " Mid-19th & early 20th century - Italianate embellishments and ironwork added " Front doors feature ornate grille work, similar to those at 1 Broad Street (possibly linked to banker Arthur G. Rose) " Hand-carved vestibule door with fruit relief, made in England " Kitchen renovated in 2023 - New cabinets and appliances " Original floor plan remains intact - Owners prioritize historic integrity " Structural enhancements " Air conditioners added to rooms without them " Sump pump system installed to prevent flooding " Survived earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, and warGardens & Atmosphere " Ideal for entertaining - Hosted numerous parties, charity events, and musical gatherings " Lush gardens with over 80-year-old sago palms " Other plantings include loquats, pomegranates, camellias, hydrangeas, and azaleas, cared for by the current ownerThis historic Charleston estate offers a blend of grandeur, history, and tranquility, preserving its architectural and cultural heritage.

Schools

Name Address Phone Type Grade
Buist Academy 103 Calhoun Street 8437247750 Public 3-8 SPED
Name Address Phone Type Grade
Memminger Elementary 20 Beaufain Street 8437247778 Public PK-5 SPED
Name Address Phone Type Grade
Charleston Day School 15 Archdale Street 843-377-0315 Private K-8
Mason Preparatory School 56 Halsey Blvd. 843-723-0664 Private K-8
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beresford hall, Charleston
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bermuda pointe towns, Charleston
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bolton, Charleston
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boltons landing, Charleston
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brigadier condominium, Charleston
3
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brownsville woods, Charleston
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bull creek peninsula, Charleston
1
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$2,055,000
byrnes downs, Charleston
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cain crossing, Charleston
1
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$425,980
cainhoy landing, Charleston
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cannonborough, Charleston
3
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cannonborough-elliotborough, Charleston
37
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canterbury woods, Charleston
4
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$450,453
capri isles, Charleston
2
252
$1,289,661
carolina bay, Charleston
15
166
$602,573
carolina cove, Charleston
4
85
$268,487
carolina terrace, Charleston
2
163
$654,600
castlewood, Charleston
3
142
$375,000
center park, Charleston
1
104
$1,025,000
centerville, Charleston
1
121
$475,000
central park, Charleston
8
112
$1,177,419
charlestowne est, Charleston
3
172
$676,989
charlestowne estates iii, Charleston
1
269
$555,000
cherokee hall, Charleston
4
57
$299,975
church creek, Charleston
3
168
$397,544
church creek landing, Charleston
1
109
$620,950
citadel woods, Charleston
1
174
$471,667
city of charleston, Charleston
23
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$1,871,171
clarks point, Charleston
3
81
$1,178,750
clarks sound, Charleston
1
280
$463,000
clearview, Charleston
4
97
$895,333
cloudbreak court, Charleston
1
133
$925,000
codners ferry park, Charleston
1
167
$1,613,798
concord west of the ashley, Charleston
2
203
$353,142
coosaw creek country club, Charleston
1
262
$874,833
country club ii, Charleston
2
91
$1,995,000
creek point, Charleston
1
173
$570,983
croghan landing, Charleston
1
250
$1,031,000
crosscreek, Charleston
2
145
$674,550
daniel island, Charleston
36
171
$1,934,975
daniel island park, Charleston
20
202
$3,514,234
daniel island smythe park, Charleston
3
189
$1,900,331
daniels landing, Charleston
4
160
$419,478
dockside, Charleston
18
144
$336,286
dorchester terrace, Charleston
1
72
$267,000
dovefield, Charleston
2
183
$219,984
downtown, Charleston
11
173
$1,877,352
drayton on the ashley, Charleston
4
125
$645,036
e f street, Charleston
1
118
$609,000
eaglewood retreat, Charleston
1
111
$725,000
east oak forest, Charleston
2
181
$630,943
east oak forest ext, Charleston
2
256
$515,000
eastside, Charleston
22
175
$1,030,906
eastwood, Charleston
3
108
$1,573,980
edgewater park, Charleston
1
124
$1,466,333
elliotborough, Charleston
10
174
$1,368,252
est rosa burnham, Charleston
1
145
$399,000
fairfield pines, Charleston
1
148
$594,333
fairway villas, Charleston
1
156
$500,000
folly creek place, Charleston
1
34
$1,200,000
forest acres, Charleston
3
166
$520,657
forest lakes, Charleston
3
124
$549,787
forest lakes extension, Charleston
3
100
$522,357
fort johnson estates, Charleston
3
164
$1,160,100
fort lamar, Charleston
3
136
$945,500
fort sumter house, Charleston
1
177
$1,097,500
french quarter, Charleston
5
283
$2,316,737
gadsdenboro, Charleston
3
167
$1,112,579
garden hill, Charleston
1
250
$1,017,500
geddes hall, Charleston
3
145
$625,082
general lee, Charleston
1
216
$444,333
george and society, Charleston
3
75
$1,195,780
goat island, Charleston
1
52
$309,000
governors cay, Charleston
3
215
$691,523
grand bees, Charleston
5
179
$521,614
grand oaks plantation, Charleston
15
157
$452,310
grand terrace, Charleston
1
211
$493,000
grants court, Charleston
7
47
$1,054,990
grantville, Charleston
1
255
$650,000
greencrest, Charleston
3
221
$636,000
greenwood park, Charleston
1
175
$401,225
hampton park terrace, Charleston
5
201
$1,814,833
harbor creek, Charleston
1
121
$627,333
harbor oaks, Charleston
1
106
$506,950
harbor place, Charleston
1
131
$648,300
harbor woods, Charleston
1
125
$813,750
harbor woods iii, Charleston
1
101
$704,633
harborwalk, Charleston
1
16
$550,000
harleston place, Charleston
1
162
$1,487,500
harleston village, Charleston
44
192
$2,025,769
harrison acres, Charleston
1
176
$799,667
heathwood, Charleston
2
152
$563,545
heathwood ext, Charleston
1
29
$687,500
heritage village, Charleston
1
3
$400,000
hickory hill, Charleston
1
20
$639,000
hickory hill plantation, Charleston
2
173
$516,786
hunt club, Charleston
8
118
$608,800
hunt club phase ii, Charleston
2
177
$568,725
huntington woods, Charleston
5
91
$1,176,488
indigo fields, Charleston
1
225
$430,000
indigo palms, Charleston
1
9
$424,000
isle de nemours, Charleston
5
83
$1,099,960
james island, Charleston
7
163
$674,452
jamestown estates, Charleston
1
190
$533,225
king street lofts, Charleston
2
95
$1,997,228
kings flats, Charleston
1
121
$719,500
lake shore commons, Charleston
1
138
$741,667
lakeshore commons, Charleston
2
21
$814,500
lakeside, Charleston
1
161
$411,363
landings at sweetwater, Charleston
12
201
$843,492
lantana, Charleston
1
216
$481,600
lawton bluff, Charleston
8
219
$689,441
lawton harbor, Charleston
2
127
$690,500
lee jackson place, Charleston
4
143
$736,889
legares, Charleston
1
1,384
$1,093,500
lenevar, Charleston
2
160
$619,749
lighthouse point, Charleston
6
194
$836,817
lockwood hall, Charleston
1
103
$631,633
long branch on the creek, Charleston
1
230
$600,000
longborough, Charleston
2
171
$2,596,250
longbranch, Charleston
4
149
$528,985
lynwood, Charleston
2
215
$570,000
lynwood villas, Charleston
1
200
$344,933
maclaura hall, Charleston
2
195
$841,000
magnolia, Charleston
1
149
$639,800
magnolia bluff, Charleston
2
164
$571,780
magnolia ranch, Charleston
1
142
$503,980
magnolia walk, Charleston
1
117
$879,000
mariners cay, Charleston
1
55
$40,000
marsh cove, Charleston
2
176
$477,875
martins creek, Charleston
2
114
$1,125,000
maryville, Charleston
4
185
$436,784
mayflower ct, Charleston
2
63
$578,500
mccalls corner, Charleston
2
137
$573,475
melrose, Charleston
3
161
$542,575
melrose park townhomes, Charleston
3
165
$175,739
memminger hall, Charleston
1
154
$476,000
mepkin place, Charleston
5
143
$212,190
meridian place, Charleston
4
175
$399,912
middleton oaks, Charleston
1
10
$1,299,000
middleton place, Charleston
3
107
$253,000
mira vista, Charleston
4
145
$379,588
moreland, Charleston
4
113
$969,433
morris square, Charleston
1
226
$1,010,750
murray hill, Charleston
1
27
$479,990
myrtle grove, Charleston
1
226
$439,343
needlegrass, Charleston
1
89
$799,000
nelliefield plantation, Charleston
2
221
$593,680
north central, Charleston
21
183
$914,624
north charleston, Charleston
1
24
$430,000
north pine point, Charleston
1
161
$849,450
northbridge terrace, Charleston
2
185
$750,500
northbridge village, Charleston
2
227
$760,000
not within a subdivision, Charleston
1
140
$905,000
oak bluff, Charleston
8
407
$742,154
oak island, Charleston
1
205
$1,376,333
oak view park, Charleston
1
185
$247,500
oakland, Charleston
1
192
$447,867
ocean neighbors, Charleston
3
203
$724,488
old orchard, Charleston
1
221
$506,700
old towne acres, Charleston
1
212
$619,375
old towne villas, Charleston
1
152
$324,450
one cool blow, Charleston
1
118
$416,929
one vendue range, Charleston
3
102
$3,167,500
orange grove, Charleston
3
246
$528,333
orange grove estates, Charleston
12
145
$534,542
orleans woods, Charleston
2
241
$344,180
osprey cove, Charleston
1
174
$298,725
otranto club villas, Charleston
1
111
$260,000
outside of horry & georgetown counties, Charleston
2
234
$574,333
palm pointe condominiums, Charleston
1
71
$426,633
palmetto pointe, Charleston
3
191
$1,006,483
park place, Charleston
1
194
$435,750
parkdale, Charleston
1
189
$296,633
parkland preserve, Charleston
1
67
$583,000
parkshore, Charleston
2
224
$744,500
parkside hpr, Charleston
3
111
$515,057
parkwood estates, Charleston
2
106
$643,600
pecan grove, Charleston
1
147
$507,800
pelican cove, Charleston
1
124
$311,975
pelican pointe villas, Charleston
4
227
$408,143
pemberton farms, Charleston
1
236
$662,450
pemberton at seaside plantation, Charleston
1
132
$875,000
peninsula, Charleston
5
111
$830,650
pepperidge, Charleston
2
111
$293,333
pier view, Charleston
2
132
$657,546
pierpont, Charleston
6
296
$746,421
pinecrest gardens, Charleston
2
181
$484,475
pinefield, Charleston
1
712
$989,800
pineview, Charleston
1
105
$556,700
point hope, Charleston
9
275
$947,063
point james, Charleston
3
159
$271,539
ponderosa, Charleston
1
181
$352,525
providence commons, Charleston
1
190
$541,429
queensborough, Charleston
3
164
$543,980
radcliffeborough, Charleston
10
192
$1,491,501
regatta on james island, Charleston
2
204
$322,269
ricefield, Charleston
2
89
$283,750
ripley cove, Charleston
1
129
$984,900
river bend, Charleston
1
64
$298,000
river reach pointe, Charleston
2
122
$1,009,667
riverbend, Charleston
7
89
$1,155,583
riverfront, Charleston
5
110
$700,300
riverland crossing, Charleston
1
243
$577,500
riverland park, Charleston
3
95
$806,225
riverland place, Charleston
2
147
$469,317
riverland terrace, Charleston
15
135
$1,336,718
rivers bend, Charleston
2
146
$245,488
rivers point, Charleston
1
153
$741,167
rivers point row, Charleston
4
164
$258,000
rosemont, Charleston
1
245
$124,000
rotherwood estates, Charleston
1
168
$672,971
royal, Charleston
2
236
$426,663
sable on the marsh, Charleston
2
197
$632,000
sandhurst, Charleston
2
139
$824,000
schieveling plantation, Charleston
2
168
$599,563
seagate, Charleston
4
197
$324,500
seagate village, Charleston
5
195
$348,133
seaside estates, Charleston
1
104
$1,449,666
seaside plantation, Charleston
11
158
$865,330
secessionville, Charleston
3
288
$804,750
shadowmoss, Charleston
20
193
$536,822
shaftesbury, Charleston
2
151
$388,167
shellring at st thomas island, Charleston
3
142
$924,711
sherwood forest, Charleston
5
140
$365,575
silver hill, Charleston
1
116
$329,667
sol legare, Charleston
3
188
$361,667
south riverview, Charleston
1
220
$689,250
south windermere, Charleston
5
174
$1,590,529
south of broad, Charleston
35
202
$3,460,511
springfield, Charleston
10
137
$416,781
st. thomas island, Charleston
2
257
$692,500
stefan acres, Charleston
1
79
$603,450
stiles point, Charleston
4
138
$802,627
stiles point plantation, Charleston
2
138
$1,957,800
stone creek, Charleston
1
146
$724,700
stone edge, Charleston
1
54
$724,500
stoneboro shores, Charleston
1
10
$860,000
stono park, Charleston
1
181
$688,855
stono shores, Charleston
2
191
$676,328
stono terrace, Charleston
2
173
$703,750
stratton capers, Charleston
1
134
$150,000
sylcope, Charleston
1
167
$525,000
st andrews, Array
1
83
$564,900
st thomas point, Array
2
98
$914,380
st thomas preserve, Array
3
163
$955,500
terrabrook, Charleston
2
123
$843,286
the bluffs at pinefield, Charleston
12
194
$572,507
the colony at heron reserve, Charleston
6
144
$298,445
the crescent, Charleston
4
187
$4,292,627
the harborage at ashley marina, Charleston
4
191
$159,683
the palmettos at folly, Charleston
1
195
$424,000
the park at rivers edge, Charleston
1
123
$349,000
the peninsula, Charleston
2
177
$461,053
the peninsula condominiums, Charleston
7
193
$279,076
the pointe at rhodes crossing, Charleston
1
150
$581,822
the ponderosa, Charleston
2
200
$354,783
the preserve at the clam farm, Charleston
2
120
$1,014,500
the refuge at whitehall, Charleston
1
81
$839,000
the retreat at river reach, Charleston
1
197
$863,744
the retreat at riverland, Charleston
3
205
$407,405
the savannah, Charleston
3
94
$212,550
the settlement, Charleston
4
364
$1,202,223
the slips at ripley, Charleston
4
270
$123,725
the village at stiles point, Charleston
1
151
$1,273,800
the villas of west ashley, Charleston
2
27
$425,000
the willows, Charleston
1
3
$540,000
thomas island, Charleston
1
195
$750,000
tidal view, Charleston
1
10
$430,000
turkey pen, Charleston
1
3,224
$250,000
university park, Charleston
1
118
$392,000
university place, Charleston
4
315
$322,000
uptown, Charleston
1
576
$1,000,000
vanderhorst, Charleston
2
31
$1,037,500
verdier pointe, Charleston
28
287
$483,288
village green, Charleston
7
162
$498,485
village of secessionville, Charleston
1
7
$2,900,000
villas of west ashley, Charleston
1
46
$425,000
wagener terrace, Charleston
13
186
$1,140,067
wando village, Charleston
5
246
$1,678,532
wappoo hall, Charleston
1
18
$3,795,000
wappoo heights, Charleston
1
217
$1,048,000
wappoo shores, Charleston
3
196
$930,714
washington park, Charleston
1
187
$418,498
waterfront plantation, Charleston
1
59
$1,445,000
waterway south, Charleston
1
116
$461,667
wayne scott court, Charleston
1
37
$355,000
wespanee place, Charleston
1
34
$600,000
wespanee plantation, Charleston
4
173
$1,273,167
west ashley plantation, Charleston
3
183
$671,425
west glow, Charleston
1
182
$420,000
west oak forest, Charleston
4
146
$602,385
west oak forest ext, Charleston
1
86
$598,000
westchester, Charleston
5
140
$490,515
westside, Charleston
17
161
$934,488
wexford sound, Charleston
2
160
$792,100
whitehouse plantation, Charleston
2
183
$659,100
wildwood town homes, Charleston
4
76
$269,680
willow walk, Charleston
1
167
$527,563
windermere, Charleston
4
160
$1,025,088
woodland shores, Charleston
1
207
$974,843
woodlands, Charleston
1
251
$477,078
wraggborough, Charleston
1
214
$1,934,667
yellow house place, Charleston
2
177
$850,000
200 river landing dr, Charleston
1
198
$731,600
254 seven farms drive, Charleston
6
167
$413,541

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