60 to 64 Broad Street The Confederate Home

The Whispers of Charleston · Sep 17, 2026 · 2m

This Victorian Facade is a double tenement built home by Gilbert Charlmers. Charlmers Daughter who was married to Gov. John Geddes inherited the property and hosted president James Monroe her in 1819. Mary Amarinthia Snowden and her sister Isabell S Snowden mortgaged their home to help finance the Confederate home, the home became the Confederate home for Mothers, Widows and Daughters of Confederates. The Confederate home was sold in 1874, and now the home has been divided into apartments of varying sizes that are available mainly to women of retirement age.