Celebrate the season with a candlelight tour of the Nathaniel Russell House, where Charleston’s post-colonial elite marked the holidays in 1808. New for 2025, we're highlighting the Russell House the week before the Thanksgiving Holiday. Tickets required, four tours each night.
New for 2025, we're illuminating the Nathaniel Russell House for the holiday candlelight tours right before the Thanksgiving holiday, to highlight holiday traditions in post-colonial Charleston, and those that made it possible. Four tours each night, beverage included.
Celebrate the holidays as Charleston’s elite did with a candlelight tour of the Aiken-Rhett House. In the 1820s, formal dinners and family gatherings reflected the wealth and status of families whose fortunes were tied to plantation agriculture.By candlelight, visitors can experience how the antebellum elite marked the holiday season with elegance, display, and family tradition in one of Charleston’s most iconic homes.
Celebrate the holidays as Charleston’s elite did with a candlelight tour of the Aiken-Rhett House. In the 1820s, formal dinners and family gatherings reflected the wealth and status of families whose fortunes were tied to plantation agriculture. By candlelight, visitors can experience how the antebellum elite marked the holiday season with elegance, display, and family tradition in one of Charleston’s most iconic homes.
Join us for a family favorite event Saturday, October 4 - back by popular demand for its 4th year at the Aiken-Rhett House! Enjoy tours, live music, historic games and more! All proceeds support HCF and the house's continued preservation.
As an exclusive benefit for our Easement and Covenant Homeowners, HCF is offering a series of educational sessions to help navigate topics and issues that face owners of historic properties each day. In the first of three programs, join us for the first topic: insurance!
Historic Charleston Foundation is partnering with Bloomberg and the City of Charleston to help launch the Future of Livability and Responsible Tourism Initiative at a public forum on May 20th at The Charleston Museum. Open to the community, space is limited. Registration encouraged.
The Board of Trustees and Staff of Historic Charleston Foundation invite you to join us for the 78th annual Charter Day Awards Ceremony and Celebration on Thursday, May 1st! Please join us in honoring those whose work and vision have impacted the preservation of Charleston’s historical, architectural, and cultural legacy.
The Charleston Festival 2025 begins with Charleston by Design Opening Weekend and the Opening Night Event at the Aiken-Rhett House. This will also be the first opportunity to see the site-specific art exhibition.
Kick-off 2025 with the PreserVISIONists for an annual favorite: Oysters by the Battery! Join us at the Capt. James Missroon House for oysters, beverages and live music. Members receive a discount.
‘Tis the season! Learn about the 19th century holiday traditions and how the Russell family and their enslaved workers would have observed the holidays while enjoying the c.1808 historic house museum illuminated by candlelight.
‘Tis the season! Learn about the 19th century holiday traditions and how the Russell family and their enslaved workers would have observed the holidays while enjoying the c.1808 historic house museum illuminated by candlelight.
‘Tis the season! Learn about the 19th century holiday traditions and how the Russell family and their enslaved workers would have observed the holidays while enjoying the c.1808 historic house museum illuminated by candlelight.
‘Tis the season! Learn about the 19th century holiday traditions and how the Russell family and their enslaved workers would have observed the holidays while enjoying the c.1808 historic house museum illuminated by candlelight.
‘Tis the season! Learn about the 19th century holiday traditions and how the Russell family and their enslaved workers would have observed the holidays while enjoying the c.1808 historic house museum illuminated by candlelight.
‘Tis the season! Learn about the 19th century holiday traditions and how the Russell family and their enslaved workers would have observed the holidays while enjoying the c.1808 historic house museum illuminated by candlelight.
‘Tis the season! Learn about the 19th century holiday traditions and how the Russell family and their enslaved workers would have observed the holidays while enjoying the c.1808 historic house museum illuminated by candlelight.
'Tis the season! Learn about the 19th century holiday traditions and how the Russell family and their enslaved workers would have observed the holidays while touring the house illuminated by candlelight.
'Tis the season! Learn about the 19th century holiday traditions and how the Russell family and their enslaved workers would have observed the holidays while touring the house illuminated by candlelight.
‘Tis the season! Learn about the 19th century holiday traditions and how the Russell family and their enslaved workers would have observed the holidays while enjoying the c.1808 historic house museum illuminated by candlelight.
‘Tis the season! Learn about the 19th century holiday traditions and how the Russell family and their enslaved workers would have observed the holidays while enjoying the c.1808 historic house museum illuminated by candlelight.
'Tis the season! Learn about the 19th century holiday traditions and how the Russell family and their enslaved workers would have observed the holidays while touring the house illuminated by candlelight.
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