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Robert William Roper House was built about 1838 in Charleston, South Carolina on land purchased by Robert W. Roper, a prominent cotton planter, in May 1838. The house is an outstanding example of early 19th Century Greek Revival architecture, built on a monumental scale. Although there are now two houses between the Roper House and White Point Garden to the south, at the time of its construction nothing stood between the house and the harbor beyond. "It is said that Mr. Roper intended his showcase home to be the first residence seen by visitors approaching Charleston from the sea."〔''("Roper House: Charleston, South Carolina," ) Classical American Homes Preservation Trust. Retrieved 2012-04-09.''〕 The authors of the nomination form for the National Register of Historic Places (1973) speculated that Edward B. White was the architect, although no evidence is given in support of this. Others, including Jonathan H. Poston〔''Poston, Jonathan H. The Buildings of Charleston: A Guide to the City's Architecture. University of South Carolina Press, 1997, p. 219.''〕 and the Classical American Homes Preservation Trust,〔 have suggested Charles Friedrich Reichardt, a highly regarded Prussian architect, who was working in Charleston at the time on the new Charleston Hotel (demolished ), built in the Greek Revival style. The house was purchased in 1929 by Solomon Guggenheim of New York. It was acquired in 1968 by its present owner, Richard Jenrette. He restored it, completing in the early 1980s what Jonathan H. Poston calls "one of America's most notable restorations of a Greek Revival house." The Roper House was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1973.〔〔 and 〕 The South Carolina Department of Archives and History summary is located (here ). ==References== 〔 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「Robert William Roper House」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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