Benjamin Simons Neufville House

72 Anson St. was built after the Great Fire of 1838.

The Benjamin Simons Neufville House is a Greek Rival house at 72 Anson St., Charleston, South Carolina.^[1] It is one of the largest houses in the Ansonborough neighborhood.^[2] The house was built by Eliza Neufville Kohne in 1846 and remained in the family until 1904.^[3][4] The house was purchased by the Historic Charleston Foundation in 1959, which added a brick and wrought iron fence and tore down a later addition to the home, before selling it in 1962. While much of the interior was original, a fire in the 1950s resulted in much of the first floor of the home requiring extensive repairs.^[5][6]

References

1. "Information about Ansonborough properties for sale or sold - LCDL Catalog Search". lcdl.library.cofc.edu. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
2. "72 Anson St. Will Be Sold". Charleston News & Courier. May 4, 1961. p. D-3. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
3. "Anson Street". Archived from the original on November 10, 2013. Retrieved November 10, 2013.
4. Jonathan H. Poston (1997). The Buildings of Charleston: A Guide to the City's Architecture. Univ of South Carolina Press. pp. 422–. ISBN 978-1-57003-202-8.
5. "Some Houses Undergoing "Second" Restoration". Charleston News & Courier. November 16, 1970. p. 1-B. Retrieved November 10, 2013.
6. "72 Anson Street - Benjamin Simons Neufville House | Charleston.com". charleston.com. Retrieved 2025-09-26.

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