Florence Crittenton Home, listed on the NRHP in South Carolina
The Florence Crittenton Home is a brick structure built between 1924 and 1932 in Charleston that provided shelter and support for women facing difficult circumstances. The building has two and a half stories with a front gable roof, side wings with hipped roofs, gabled dormers on the upper level, and screened porches along the back sections.
The original mission began in 1883 and opened its first home in 1899 at a different location before eventually establishing this building on St. Margaret Street. The current structure was completed in the early 1930s as a safer replacement and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.
The home was established in the early 20th century as a refuge for women facing difficult circumstances and continues to shape how Charleston remembers the importance of support services. The building stands as a symbol of community compassion that provided shelter and assistance to vulnerable mothers and their children.
The building is located on St. Margaret Street in Charleston and is not open to the public. Your best option to appreciate its historical architecture is to walk through the neighborhood and view it from the street.
The building was specifically designed with modern safety features after the previous location was closed due to fire hazards, reflecting early attention to worker and resident safety standards. This forward-thinking approach to structural safety was unusual for residential facilities of that era.
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