City Directories and History: When Confederate General James Chesnut built his house in the Kirkwood area, a remote location from town, it inspired him to name it (colloquial spelling) after one of the northernmost points in Siberia. In 1938, “Kamschatka” was bought and renovated by the late Mr. and Mrs. William F. Buckley. When “Kamschatka” was built, the land was no more than a sloping sand hill. Today, there are formal terraces elegantly landscaped with native and imported trees and shrubbery. The architecture is of the transitional period between Greek and Golden Revival. The eight-sided exterior columns were frequently used into the late 19th century. [Courtesy of the Camden Tour Book]
In 1960, the structure was recognized by the Historic America Building Survey project as an outstanding piece of American architecture.
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