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Wow! House: Montagu Mansion
Own a piece of history with the Gaillard-Bennet House on Montagu Street.
Have a spare $13 million laying around?
If so you can own one of the finest examples of Federal Period architecture in the country, according to the Zillow.com listing for the Gaillard-Bennet House at 60 Montagu St., Downtown.
This 12 bedroom, 11 bathroom monster of a house dates back to around 1800, and encompasses more than 13,000 square-feet. The double house sits on a large 54,000-square-foot lot and features a large garage, pool and poolhouse, croquet lawn and a landscaped yard.
Being an old Charleston home, the house has a fair amount of its own history, for example Gen. Robert E. Lee visited then owner of the home, Washington Jefferson Bennett, following the Civil War, and even addressed a crowd from the second floor portico.
The Gaillard-Bennet House has been painstakingly renovated and restored. It is listed for $12,950,000.
Read the full listing, see more photos on Zillow.com.
So what do you think? Is this your dream home? Share your thoughts in the comment section below.
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