LINWOOD INN

The lives of late 19th Century Southern families continue to be reflected on this two-acre estate near the town center in the historic district. The lovely, iconic two-story, Victorian house with columned porches front and back is enhanced by lush, sub-tropical gardens. The service yard behind the house would have been a hive of activity as it originally contained the hay barn, stables, servants' quarters, cistern, garden, woodshed, flower dump, gas house, chicken coop, fowl yard, wells, and privies... Julie Drayton and her husband William Hastie built Linwood as their permanent home in 1883. William walked two blocks to the railroad to commute into his insurance business in Charleston. High ceilings, heart pine floors, triple-hung windows with original glass, and generous room sizes give this home a sense of grandeur even without the fancy dental molding and opulence of pre-Civil War houses... Being soundly built, the house survived the massive earthquake of 1886. The Victorian bay..

Also known as: The Linwood Inn

Primary location: Summerville United States