The Williams Mansion
What the experts agree on
Charleston's most extravagant mansion impresses with 35 opulent rooms, soaring ceilings, and lavish Victorian furnishings. Built in 1876, this Italianate showpiece delivers pure architectural excess in the best way.
“The largest, most ostentatious, fascinating, and plain over-the-top mansion in Charleston was built in 1876 for successful entrepreneur George Walton Williams.”
– Frommer's
2 Stars
"The mansion encompasses 35 rooms, fitted with lavish Victorian-era furnishings. The airy second-floor music room rises 45ft high to a glass skylight." Full review
"Visit one of Charleston’s most fascinating homes, which features an Italianate design, 35 rooms, 35 fireplaces, a grand ballroom, a 75-foot-tall ceiling with dome and Japanese water gardens." Full review