Isaac Jenkins Mikell House, Roman Revival residence in Charleston, United States.
The Isaac Jenkins Mikell House is a Roman Revival residence in Charleston, built in 1853–1854 as a grand Italian villa. Its southern facade has a pedimented portico with six smooth round columns on square bases; their composite capitals were carved from cypress and ornamented with rams' heads. A lower wing with green-shuttered windows extends to the right.
Cotton planter Isaac Jenkins Mikell commissioned this house between 1853 and 1854. The estate also included a separate kitchen building, a coach house, and quarters for enslaved workers.
The Charleston Free Library operated in this building from 1935 until the early 1960s, serving the local community as a center of knowledge.
The property received National Register of Historic Places designation in March 2014. Visitors can find the building in the southern part of Charleston near the historic waterfront.
The house served as the Charleston Free Library from 1935 until the early 1960s. Patricia Altschul bought the property in 2008 and it appears regularly on the television series Southern Charm.
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