Name/Title
173 Broad Street (Prioleau-Miles House)Entry/Object ID
BROAD.173.001Scope and Content
Constructed ca. 1873. Although built by a member of the Prioleau family, this house was acquired in the 1880s by C. Richardson Miles, a South Carolina attorney general and president of the College of Charleston Trustees. Considered a pillar of Charleston's "old guard,'' Miles was eulogized at his death as "bending his best efforts towards preserving the essentials of good breeding and polite intercourse in the midst of change." Incorporating a mix of Queen Anne and Colonial Revival style detailing, the house has an entry that is capped by a large bracketed pediment while an adjacent cross gable with square and bowed bay windows projects from the front facade. A front balustraded balcony curves to the west and joins a double-tiered Ionic-columned piazza. The side-hall-plan building contains 23 rooms.
File contains FOHG house histories (1994, 2006).
No image on file.Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property RecordsAcquisition
Accession
BROAD.173.Source or Donor
173 Broad Street (Prioleau-Miles House)Acquisition Method
Collected by StaffLexicon
Search Terms
Broad Street, Historic buildings--South Carolina--CharlestonArchive Details
Archive Size/Extent
1 File FolderArchive Notes
Finding Aids: Index to Property Files.
Level of Description: FolderLocation
Location
Shelf
Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentDate
February 7, 2023Location
Container
PF Box 16Shelf
Prop File Shelves, Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
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Notes
Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 301Created By
admin@catalogit.appCreate Date
February 8, 2006Updated By
admin@catalogit.appUpdate Date
February 17, 2023
