William Mills Tenement

WILLIAM MILLS TENEMENT

C. 1801

THE BUILDER OF THIS TENEMENT,

WILLIAM MILLS, WAS BORN IN

DUNDEE, SCOTLAND AND BECAME

A PROSPEROUS TAILOR AND PLANTER

IN CHARLESTON. HE WAS THE FATHER OF ROBERT MILLS, PUPIL

OF THOMAS JEFFERSON AND AMERICA'S FIRST NATIVE

PROFESSIONALLY TRAINED

ARCHITECT.

THE HOUSE REMAINED IN

THE MILLS FAMILY UNTILL 1835

WHEN IT WAS SOLD BY WILLIAM'S

DAUGHTER, SARAH. IT WAS

RESTORED IN THE 1930'S BY

MRS. HENRY CHISOLM

PLACED BY THE

PRESERVATION SOCIETY OF CHARLESTON

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