House 
Vol. VI 
and Garden 
December, 1904 
No. 6 
GEORGIAN HOUSES OF THE FAR SOUTH 
By Corinne Horton 
T he association of similar ideas is always 
a mental stimulus and is especially so in 
connection with the architecture of the Far 
South. In the city of Charleston one en¬ 
counters such a variety of impressions; such 
a succession of architectural ideas modified, 
amplified and exaggerated as to render the 
quaint city a source of uncommon entertain¬ 
ment to students of styles. Of these those 
known as “ Georgian ” easily dominate. 
Charleston, in fact, regardless of its Spanish 
tiles and Franco-Hispano verandas, is in 
much a miniature Fondon ; the obvious rea¬ 
son being that both cities bear the stamp of 
the designs that arose and flourished during 
the reigns of the four Georges. 
Thus it is that a study of the architectural 
styles of Charleston and the Far South, 
compared with the Georgian work of Eng¬ 
land, reminds us forcibly of the close archi¬ 
tectural relationship which existed at that 
period between the two countries. Nor is 
this relation expressed by such details as 
doorways and pediments alone. It obtains 
in connection with the floor plans as well,— 
the Charleston houses being in their interior 
arrangement equally the expression of Geor¬ 
gian ideas, which placed the library and 
