Pink House, Historic house in French Quarter, Charleston, US.

The Pink House at 17 Chalmers Street is a small house built of pinkish Bermuda stone, with a tile gambrel roof dating to the eighteenth century. It stands in Charleston's French Quarter and is the second-oldest residence in the city after the Col. William Rhett House. It now houses an art gallery.

The house was built between 1694 and 1712 of pinkish Bermuda stone by John Breton in Charleston's French Quarter. Two local historians fixed the date at 1712, though a construction date as late as 1745 has been suggested. James Gordon owned it by the 1780s, and in the 1930s Mr. and Mrs. Victor Morawetz restored it.

The house displays features common in Charleston's residential neighborhoods: colored exterior walls, broad piazzas, and ironwork details that shape the character of the entire area. These elements show how established families chose to live and present themselves in this part of the city.

The building is integrated into the French Quarter neighborhood and is best explored by walking through the area. Most visitors see it as part of walking tours through the district that provide insight into the architecture and history of the historic properties.

The pink colour is a fading of whitewash: before the 20th century Bermudian walls and roofs were whitewashed, and the coating discoloured to pink when not renewed often enough. The tile gambrel roof dates to the 18th century, and the artist Alice R. Huger Smith used the house as a studio in the early 20th century.