William Enston Home

Charleston, United States

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The William Enston Home, located at 900 King Street in Charleston, South Carolina, is a complex of Romanesque Revival buildings—a rare architectural style in Charleston—begun in 1887. The original development comprised twenty-four cottages arranged around a central memorial chapel featuring a campanile-style tower, originally reserved for white residents. An infirmary was added in 1931 and later converted to a superintendent's residence. In 2006, additional cottages inspired by the original design were constructed at the property's southern edge to complete the community plan, though these lack the architectural detail of their predecessors. Today, the complex is owned by the Housing Authority of Charleston and provides housing for persons of low to moderate income. The site is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.