City Directories and History: GEORGE WASHINGTON COOPER HOUSE – Constructed circa 1850
Adding to the mix of romantic styles utilized in the building of this part of Franklin Street in the antebellum period, George Washington Cooper, owner of 180 Broad Street, selected a Carpenter Gothic style for this 1850s house. Sheathed in narrow-width siding, the side-hall-plan house boasts an entry portico and two-story side piazza with lattice columns, decorative verge board on its gable, and a cantilevered third-story window with harmonious gable trim.
The Buildings of Charleston – J.H. Poston for the Historic Charleston Foundation, 1997
“George W. Cooper, an attorney, built this two and one-half story clapboard house in the Carpenter’s Gothic style. lt has a mid-19th century town house plan and unusual open work columns on the portico and piazza.” (Thomas, DYKYC, July 7,1969; Stoney, This is Charleston , p.49) – CCPL
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