www.HistoricHomes-SC.com | Orange Grove Place, an historic home for sale in SC by Calvert Huffines of The Huffines Company. Proceeds to benefit the Coastal Community Foundation.

Time slows perceptively as you drive beneath ancient Live Oak Alley to 527 Wichman Street, an estate home of Federal Period Architecture, built in 1823 and richly appointed with hand-crafted antique furnishings and original artwork.

The antebellum home for sale, Orange Grove Place, boasts 12 ceilings, 4 Bedrooms, 4.5 Baths and 6091sf of restored elegance. The Federal period estate is secluded with three guest cottages on 7.3 exquisitely landscaped acres in the nationally recognized Historic District of the city of Walterboro just 50 minutes from Charleston, South Carolina.

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Built In: 1823 and lovingly restored
Situated: On 7.3 Acres
Sq. Feet: 6072 sf Main House
Rooms: 12 rooms w/12’ ceilings
Bedrooms: 4 Bedrooms
Baths: 4.5 Baths
Other: 3 Guest Cottages include 4 Bedrooms/3 Baths

Offered at: $875,000

Tucked behind a tree-lined avenue of ancient oaks along Walterboro’s main thoroughfare stands one of South Carolina’s historic treasures, Orange Grove Place, a Federal style historic home. The faint echoes of horse-drawn carriages clattering under the elaborate moss-draped canopy of live oak and mature magnolia trees provides a picturesque prelude to the magnificent Southern estate that lies beyond.

- Located in nationally recognized Hickory Valley Historic District of Walterboro, South Carolina.
- Just 50 minutes from historic Charleston, South Carolina.
- 5 minutes from Walterboro’s Regional Jetport (accommodates large private jets, no landing fees, flight fuel available).
- A tree-lined avenue the length of a football field buffers the estate from the every-day sounds of the city.
- Orange Grove Place has at least 50 ancient Live Oaks on 7.3 exquisite, landscaped acres, an oak alley frames the drive to the Main House.
- A portion of the estate’s acreage includes protected wetlands. The entire estate was honored by the Beaufort Historic Foundation as worthy of a conservation easement.
- Three charming guest cottages are secluded on the property, providing a total of 4 additional bedrooms and 3 baths.
- Built in 1823, the main house is a stunning example of American Federal Architecture. The completely restored, two-story, antebellum home has beautifully balanced proportions and a wrap-around veranda. This elegant home is richly appointed with hand-crafted antique furnishings and original artwork.
- The 6091sf home has soaring 12ft ceilings and 12 spacious, light-filled rooms…a sunny cook’s kitchen, receiving room, parlor, dining room, living room, family room, sitting room, a mud room, 4 enormous bedrooms and 4.5 luxurious baths. There is a two-car, gated porte-cochere on the west wing of the house adjacent to the kitchen.

For more information or to make an appointment to visit Orange Grove Place, call Calvert Huffines at 843-549-6654 or reach him by e-mail at calvert@thehuffinescompany.com.

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Located in the heart of the Hickory Valley Historic District, Orange Grove was built at the beginning of the 1820’s by US Senator Franklin Harper Elmore with a gabled roof and one story veranda supported by Tuscan colonnettes wrapping around two sides of the house. This historic home for sale is a perfect example of federal period architecture.

Bright, airy and full of promise, Orange Grove Place is a two-story home (6,072 square feet) of centrally heated and cooled space built on a masonry and brick crawl space. There are four bedrooms and four and a half bathrooms in the main house. Orange Grove has beautifully balanced proportions, light filled rooms and soaring 12 foot ceilings. The main entry is graced by a typical example of federal period architecture, an elliptical fanlight of leaded glass framed by full length period sidelights. The foyer looks on a lovely set of French doors that not only lend light to the expansive living room on the other side, but also afford visitors a glance though the gorgeous three bay posterior façade to the carefully managed grounds.

There are gracious receiving rooms to the right and left of the entryway. To see and read about the elegant Federal period parlor, click this link: Historic Homes SC | Orange Grove Place – Parlor

For more information or to make an appointment to visit Orange Grove Place, call Calvert Huffines at 843-549-6654 or reach him by e-mail at calvert@thehuffinescompany.com.

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Time slows perceptively as you drive beneath ancient Live Oak Alley to 527 Wichman Street, an historic home for sale by The Huffines Company.

A Federal style home built in 1823 and richly appointed with hand-crafted antique furnishings and original artwork, Orange Grove Place boasts 12’ ceilings, 4 Bedrooms, 4.5 Baths and 6091sf of restored elegance. The Federal period estate is secluded with three guest cottages on 7.3 exquisitely landscaped acres in the nationally recognized Historic District of the city of Walterboro… just 50 minutes from Charleston, South Carolina.

This HistoricHomes-SC.com property for sale has two gracious receiving rooms, a formal study with it’s own private half bath and a representative and inviting parlor.  Measuring 320 sq ft, the Parlor at Orange Grove Place is the perfect room for formal receptions. Deep red tapestry on the walls forms a gorgeous backdrop to the heart pine floors. An eye-catching mantelpiece encloses reduced-size Federal fireplace openings and frames this Federal period room, making it the ultimate backdrop for all of your entertaining needs.

If if you would like to with draw from this federal style parlor for a more intimate space, we will continue to the left and enter: Historic Homes SC | Orange Grove Place – Sunroom

For more information or to make an appointment to visit Orange Grove Place, call Calvert Huffines at 843-549-6654 or reach him by e-mail at calvert@thehuffinescompany.com.

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Orange Grove Place, historic homes for sale in SC by The Huffines Company

The light and airy sunroom (171 sq ft) at Orange Grove Place is a room for every season. The oversize windows bring the natural beauty of the outdoor gardens inside this historic real estate property.

There are elegant federal style window treatments in the sunroom draped on an ornate over-sized curtain rod. Adjacent to the parlor, it’s a place to relax and read the paper in the morning with a steaming cup of coffee, or unwind after a hectic day with your favorite libation.

Continuing through this historic house, we now enter Historic Homes SC | Orange Grove Place – Formal Dining Room.

For more information or to make an appointment to visit Orange Grove Place, call Calvert Huffines at 843-549-6654 or reach him by e-mail at calvert@thehuffinescompany.com.

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An antebellum home for sale built during the Federal period, Orange Grove Place offers an appropriate space for Southern dining at its best. With 286 sq ft and windows located on either side of the table, the dining room offers the best of both worlds, the greenery of the great outdoors sheltered by custom window treatments of Chinese silk and an ornamental fireplace with an exquisite mantelpiece… Intimate and ultimately inviting.

Mirrored niches give depth to the dining room and frame the federal period fireplace.

A bright and sunny kitchen is our next stop of our tour: Historic Homes SC | Orange Grove Place – Kitchen: Antebellum Homes for Sale

For more information or to make an appointment to visit Orange Grove Place, call Calvert Huffines at 843-549-6654 or reach him by e-mail at calvert@thehuffinescompany.com.

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A custom kitchen (264 sq.ft) with all modern conveniences, including a Sub-Zero refrigerator, is strategically placed at the north end of the house. A sunny bay window, the perfect breakfast nook, overlooks the grounds behind this antebellum home and the orange tree for which this estate is named.

Off to the side of the kitchen is one of the more practical features of Orange Grove Place. Perfectly pet friendly… fenced dog runs end at the door of the ultimate mud-room. Ample space for two-legged and four-legged friends alike to clean up for supper. Comes complete with a doggy shower.

As we continue on the tour, our next stop is the crown jewel: Historic Homes SC | Orange Grove Place – Living Room: Historic Real Estate

For more information or to make an appointment to visit Orange Grove Place, call Calvert Huffines at 843-549-6654 or reach him by e-mail at calvert@thehuffinescompany.com.

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The family room (522 sq.ft) is the crown jewel of Orange Grove Place, historic real estate for sale by the Huffines Company.

A spectacular three-bay window façade overlooks the generous patio and gardens behind this historic house and a lovely set of federal period Frech doors leads back to the front foyer.

Pick one of the leather-bound Easton books from the built-in library shelves and unwind in one of the overstuffed leather chairs in front of a tasteful federal-style fireplace.

A family sitting area on the other side of the room is the perfect setting for a night of family games or late night discussions.

From the living room, there is a hallway with original heart pine floorboards that leads directly to the downstairs guestroom and then further to the federal style Master Bedroom suite. Click Historic Homes SC | Orange Grove Place – Guest Room to see the downstairs guest room.

For more information or to make an appointment to visit Orange Grove Place, call Calvert Huffines at 843-549-6654 or reach him by e-mail at calvert@thehuffinescompany.com.

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From the living room, there is a hallway with original heart pine floorboards. Off to the left of the hallway is the downstairs Orange Grove Place guest bedroom (168 sq.ft.).

The downstairs guestroom is a welcoming pastel china blue and is currently decorated with French Toile Tapestries, period hardwood furniture and crystal lamps.

A walk in closet, private full bath and mounted flat-screen TV ensure the privacy of your guests for extended visits.

At the end of the heart pine hallway is the  federal style Master Bedroom suite: Historic Homes SC | Orange Grove Place – Master Bedroom Suite: Antebellum Homes for Sale

For more information or to make an appointment to visit Orange Grove Place, call Calvert Huffines at 843-549-6654 or reach him by e-mail at calvert@thehuffinescompany.com.

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The master bedroom suite at Orange Grove Place has its own bay window with an exclusive view over the grounds behind the house, just one of the many perks of this historic home for sale. The master bedroom is over 300 sq ft and has floor-to-ceiling built-in cabinets that provide maximum storage for any wardrobe. A mirrored inset niche adds light to the room.

Relax in the full private bath with jacuzzi tub of this historic property for sale. A massive copper planter houses tropical plants which allow light in from the outside, but provide total visual privacy. Connected to the master suite by the full bath is a spacious dressing room with its own bay window. The dressing room could easily be setup as a nursery to accommodate a growing family.

The next post showcases the federal-style built-in cabinets in the Master Bedroom: Historic Homes SC | Orange Grove Place – Master Bedroom Suite 2

For more information or to make an appointment to visit Orange Grove Place, call Calvert Huffines at 843-549-6654 or reach him by e-mail at calvert@thehuffinescompany.com.

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