Auction Calhoun Mansion for 1/3 of it's original asking price - Charleston SC USA to highest bidder
A prominent law family and a Christie's affiliate has just hired us to auction the "Biltmore of Charleston" the largest private residence in Charleston, South Carolina USA May 25th to the highest bidder. It might be bought for far less than a third of it's original asking price. The 24,000 +/- square foot Calhoun mansion had an original asking price of $14M. The Calhoun Mansion was owned by the Vice President of the United States John C. Calhoun's grandson Patrick Calhoun. It has 35 rooms, grand ballroom, Japanese water gardens, 16 fireplaces, 26 seat dining room table, 75 foot high domed ceiling, khoi pond, fountains, private elevator, 3 levels of piazzas, 11 chandeliers, 45 foot glass skylight, 14 foot high ceilings and 5 stories including the basement and the 90 foot cupola overlooking the Charleston Harbor. It has been featured on Forbes, A&E's American Castles, HGTV Fantasy Open House, ABC's The View, CNN, Associated Press, Bloomberg News, Architectural Digest, Wall Street Journal and Robb Reports 21 Gifts for the 21st Century. Also the TV mini-series North & South starring Elizabeth Taylor, Kirsti Alley, Patrick Swayze, Hal Holbrook, Lloyd Bridges, Gene Kelly, Robert Mitchum and Johnny Cash.
John C. Calhoun was Vice President under both John Quincy Adams & Andrew Jackson. Patrick Calhoun lived in New York, Atlanta, Cleveland, Charleston, and San Francisco. He owned 50,000 acres in Calhoun Falls, SC, utilities in Pittsburg & Philadelphia, oil fields in Texas, started the Trolley System in San Francisco, Rail Road systems across America, coal mine in KY. He was associated with John D. Rockefeller and J.P. Morgan.
Daniel M. Parkman, Sr.
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Email: dmparkman@aol.com
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