Colonel John Stuart House, Georgian mansion in Charleston, United States.

The Colonel John Stuart House stands at the northwest corner of Tradd and Orange Streets, a three-story wood-frame structure with a hip roof, flushboarded front and clapboarded sides. Its south facade has three bays, the entrance in the leftmost one framed by fluted Corinthian columns, a rounded transom and a gabled denticulated pediment. A long hall runs along the left with the main stair at its rear.

The house was built in 1772 as the residence of John Stuart, the King's Superintendent of Indian Affairs who negotiated with Native American tribes. His role and influence ended with the Revolutionary War, which transformed the region's political landscape.

The 1864 sale notice names the rooms a visitor can still trace: a drawing room about thirty by twenty-one feet linked to a matching chamber, a parlor and dining room of roughly twenty-one feet square, and an attic holding four shelved wine closets. A plastered lookout on the roof gave a view over the city.

The house sits in downtown Charleston and is easy to reach on foot from the historic district. The surrounding streets are paved with cobblestones, so comfortable walking shoes are recommended for exploring the neighborhood.

Many original decorative features and interior finishes from 1772 were transferred to a museum collection in 1930 for safekeeping. This means visitors today see the shell of the house while some of its most intricate original details now reside elsewhere.