Latest / The Whispers of Charleston
68 Broad Street Daniel Ravenel House and 71 Broad Street Schachte Building (site of the Mansion House Hotel)
68 Broad Street
Daniel Ravenel House Constructed c. 1800; repaired after 1886 earthquake and after Hurricane Hugo in 1989 Huguenot immigrant Isaac Mazyck acquired this property in 1710. An early house here burned in the Fire of 1796. Mazyck willed the lot in 1749 to his daughter, Charlotte, who 10 years later married the second Daniel Ravenel of Wantoot Plantation. The Ravenels built this three-and-a- half story brick single house with outbuildings that are still visible from Washington Square, including a kitchen house, washhouse, stables and slave quarters. The park was originally part of…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.