Robert William Roper House | |
.jpg) Robert William Roper House (1940) | |
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| Location | 9 E. Battery St., Charleston, South Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 32°46′15″N 79°55′43″W / 32.77083°N 79.92861°W |
| Built | 1838 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| Part of | Charleston Historic District (ID66000964) |
| NRHP reference No. | 73001692 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | November 7, 1973[1] |
| Designated NHL | November 7, 1973[2] |
| Designated NHLDCP | October 9, 1960 |
The Robert William Roper House is an early-nineteenth-century house of architectural importance located at 9 East Battery in Charleston, South Carolina. It was built on land purchased in May 1838 by Robert W. Roper, a state legislator from the parish of St. Paul's, and a prominent member of the South Carolina Agricultural Society, whose income derived from his position as a cotton planter and slave holder.[3] The house is considered to be an exemplar of Greek Revival architecture, built on a monumental scale. Although there are now two houses between Roper House and White Point Garden to the south, for a decade after its construction nothing stood between the house and the harbor beyond, making it the first and most prominent house to be seen by visitors approaching Charleston by sea.[4]
The Roper House was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1973.[2] That same year, the authors of the nomination form for the National Register of Historic Places described the house as "exceptional...well-proportioned and architecturally sophisticated...to be preserved and protected in situ at all costs."[5]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ a b "Robert William Roper House". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved March 16, 2008.
- ^ Severens, Kenneth and Martha (May 1990). "The Robert William Roper House, Charleston, South Carolina" (PDF). The Magazine Antiques: 6.
- ^ National Register of Historic Places, Nomination Form, 1973, page 2.
- ^ Tray Stephenson and Bernard Kearse (April 20, 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Robert William Roper House" (pdf). National Park Service.
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