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The Edmondston-Alston House is a historic house located at 21 East Battery in Charleston, South Carolina. The house is also known as the Charles Edmonston House, the Alston House, and the Middleton-Smith House. == Description == The house is built on the foundation ruins of Fort Mechanic that was at this location in the later part of the eighteenth century. Shipping merchant Charles Edmondston, a Scottish immigrant from the Shetland Islands, had purchased the low sandy lot in 1817. The unstable soggy land was unfit for residential construction until a sea wall was built. Charleston city officials built one in 1820 and Edmondston then started the construction of the house. The antebellum modified Charleston single house (side-hall) was constructed between 1820 and 1828.〔 〕 Edmondston had built the house originally in the English Regency style architecture. The front main entrance is from Charleston's historic area known as High Battery. The east facing three-story house has a panoramic view of the Charleston harbor as well as a view of the High Battery, the city's well known waterfront promenade. It is made of brick and stucco faced. The property is mostly surrounded by a wrought-iron railing fence which is built on top of a three foot brick wall. The house has an open floor plan of basically two large rooms on each floor with smaller adjacent areas. The house has several fireplaces and the brick chimneys have terra cotta chimney pots. The low pitched slate roof is surrounded by a parapet, which hides most of it. The second story has fourteen foot ceilings. There are large window and door openings for good air flow circulation to act as a type of air-conditioner. There are outbuildings to the house that originally contained the kitchen and servants' quarters.〔 〕 The back part of the property originally was the horse stables and facilities for carriages.〔 〕 File:Charleston, SC Edmondston-Alston House.jpg File:Battery Street II - Edmondston-Alston House.jpg File:Edmondston-Alston House in Charleston, SC.JPG File:Edmondston-Alston with carriage tour.jpg File:Edmondston-Alston House, Charleston, South Carolina, June 12, 2012.jpg File:Edmondston-Alston House flowers, Charleston, South Carolina.jpg File:Edmondston-Alston House walk, Charleston, South Carolina.jpg File:Edmondston-Alston House Column.jpg File:Edmondston-Alston House Cornice.jpg File:Edmondston-Alston House Old Entrance.jpg| File:Edmondston-Alston House back porch view.jpg| File:Edmondston-Alston House back porch.jpg| File:Edmondston-Alston House balcony with bench.jpg| File:Edmondston-Alston House rockers, Charleston, South Carolina.jpg| 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edmondston-Alston House」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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