Thomas Elfe House, Charleston

Name: Thomas Elfe House
Address: 54 Queen St, Charleston, 29401-2806, United States
Telephone: +1 843-722-9162

#116 among attractions in Charleston

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The Thomas Elfe house is a property located in the French Quarter at 54 Queen Street in Charleston, South Carolina. It was at one time owned by the well known colonial period furniture craftsman Thomas Elfe, whence its name. It is a colonial Georgian style house and a perfectly scaled miniature of a Charleston single house. The eighteenth century house has been completely restored. It is now referred to as the Thomas Elfe Workshop. ()

Coordinates: 32°46'42"N, 79°55'49"W

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54 Queen StDowntown CharlestonCharleston 29401-2806 United States

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+1 843-722-9162

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Thomas Elfe House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Circular Congregational Church, TD Arena, St. Philip's Church, City Market.

~260 ftNW
Church
Circular Congregational Church, Charleston
2 min walk • The Circular Congregational Church is a historic church building at 150 Meeting Street in Charleston, South Carolina, used by a congregation established in 1681.
0.6 miNW
Sport venue, Sport, Arenas and stadiums
TD Arena, Charleston
15 min walk • TD Arena is a 5,100 seat multi-purpose arena in Charleston, South Carolina, United States that opened in 2008 and replaced John Kresse Arena as the home of the College of Charleston Cougars basketball and volleyball teams.
~380 ftNE
Church, Sacred and religious sites, Cemetery
St. Philip's Church, Charleston
2 min walk • St. Philip's Church is an historic church at 142 Church Street in Charleston, South Carolina. Its National Historic Landmark description states: "Built in 1836, this stuccoed brick church features an imposing tower designed in the Wren-Gibbs tradition.
~780 ftNW
Museum, History museum, Greek Revival architecture
City Market, Charleston
4 min walk • The City Market is a historic market complex in downtown Charleston, South Carolina. Established in the 1790s, the market stretches for four city blocks from the architecturally-significant Market Hall, which faces Meeting Street, through a continuous series of one-story market sheds, the last of which terminates at East Bay Street.
~130 ftE
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
Huguenot Church, Charleston
1 min walk • The Huguenot Church, also called the French Huguenot Church or the French Protestant Church, is a Gothic Revival church located at 136 Church Street in Charleston, South Carolina.
~230 ftSE
Theater, Concerts and shows
Dock Street Theatre, Charleston
2 min walk • The Dock Street Theatre is a theater in the historic French Quarter neighborhood of downtown Charleston, South Carolina.
~850 ftS
Church, Sacred and religious sites, Georgian architecture
St. Michael's Episcopal Church, Charleston
5 min walk • St. Michael's Episcopal Church is a historic church and the oldest surviving religious structure in Charleston, South Carolina. It is located at Broad and Meeting streets on one of the Four Corners of Law, and represents ecclesiastical law. It was built in the 1750s by order of the South Carolina Assembly.
~370 ftN
Museum, Historical place
Powder Magazine, Charleston
2 min walk • The Powder Magazine is a gunpowder magazine and museum at 79 Cumberland Street in Charleston, South Carolina, USA. Completed in 1713, it is the oldest surviving public building in the former Province of Carolina.
~490 ftW
Museum, Art museum
Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston
3 min walk • The Gibbes Museum of Art, formerly known as the Gibbes Art Gallery, is an art museum in Charleston, South Carolina. Established as the Carolina Art Association in 1858, the museum moved into a new Beaux Arts building at 135 Meeting Street, in the Charleston Historic District, in 1905.
~520 ftS
Park, Garden
Washington Square, Charleston
3 min walk • Washington Square is a park in downtown Charleston, South Carolina. It is located behind City Hall at the corner of Meeting Street and Broad Street in the Charleston Historic District. The planting beds and red brick walks were installed in April 1881.
0.6 miN
Theater, Concerts and shows, Performing arts
Gaillard Center, Charleston
15 min walk • The Gaillard Center is a concert hall and performance venue in Charleston, South Carolina. It opened in 2015 and replaced the Gaillard Municipal Auditorium. Both buildings were named after John Palmer Gaillard Jr. mayor of Charleston from 1959 to 1975.

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Nearby attractions include Huguenot Church, Charleston (1 min walk), Dock Street Theatre, Charleston (2 min walk), Circular Congregational Church, Charleston (2 min walk), Powder Magazine, Charleston (2 min walk).

Thomas Elfe House, Charleston

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Thomas Elfe House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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