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The William Blacklock House is a historic house at 18 Bull Street in
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. A
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, this brick house, built in 1800 for a wealthy merchant, is one of the nation's finest examples of
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architecture. It is now owned by the
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, housing its Office of Alumni Relations.


Description and history

The Blacklock House is set on the southern edge of the
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campus in central Charleston, on the north side of Bull Street. The house is a two-story brick house, set on a high brick
basement A basement or cellar is one or more Storey, floors of a building that are completely or partly below the storey, ground floor. It generally is used as a utility space for a building, where such items as the Furnace (house heating), furnace, ...
. Its roof is hipped, with a gable above the center entrance. The entrance is reached by a double flight of stairs with iron railings, and is flanked by sidelight windows, with a fanlight window above. The windows in the bays on either side of the entrance have round-arch tops, while the remaining windows have flat lintels with keystones. The window above the door is a larger window with sidelights, and the gable above has a large fanlight
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in it. The property includes two outbuildings, each of which have Gothic Revival features. and   The house was built by William Blacklock who, on September 24, 1794, purchased two lots in the newly laid out Harleston Village. Although likely built in 1800, Blacklock was first listed as living in the house in 1802 according to a city directory (based on the prior year's information). The house's design has similarities to the work of
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, but no attribution has ever been confirmed. Blacklock was a member of the committee responsible for the construction of a bank (now City Hall) which was designed by Manigault in the same year. Other design elements of 18 Bull St. are similar to those uses in other Manigault designs. The house underwent a major restoration in 1937, and was acquired by the College of Charleston in 1974. It was declared a
National Historic Landmark A National Historic Landmark (NHL) is a building, district, object, site, or structure that is officially recognized by the United States government for its outstanding historical significance. Only some 2,500 (~3%) of over 90,000 places liste ...
in 1973.


See also

*
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* National Register of Historic Places listings in Charleston, South Carolina


References

* Robert P. Stockton, ''Information for Guides of Historic Charleston, South Carolina'' 154 (1985).


External links


William Blacklock House, Charleston County (18 Bull St., Charleston)
at South Carolina Department of Archives and History
College of Charleston Places of Interest
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