Main Building Facade	Main Building Left Oblique	Main Building Left Elevation	Main Building Left Rear Oblique	Main Building Rear Elevation Portico
Main Building Right Rear Oblique	Main Building Right Elevation	Library Facade	Library Left Oblique	Library Left Elevation
Library Rear Elevation	Library Right Rear Oblique	Library Right Elevation	Library Right Oblique	Gate Lodge Facade
Gate Lodge Left Oblique	Gate Lodge Left Elevation	Gate Lodge Rear Elevation	Gate Lodge Right Elevation

The historic campus of the College of Charleston contains three structures, the Main Building, the Library, and Gate Lodge, situated in an attractive setting of evergreen oaks, that achieve a certain degree of unity by means of the prevailing Pompeian red coloring of their stuccoed walls. The Main Building, designed by William Strickland and built in 1828-29, was a simple, rectangular two-story over elevated basement brick structure with a pedimented three bay wide projecting pavilion on the south (main) façade and gable ends on the east and west sides. In 1850 Edward B. White added large two-story brick and stucco wings to the east and west sides and the present grandiose colossal portico, with six giant Roman Ionic pillars and arcaded basement, to the center of the main façade. In 1930 the west wing was extended to reach College Street. The Gate Lodge, also designed by White and built in 1852, is a rectangular two-story brick and stucco structure in the Roman Revival style. Four giant pillars of the Tuscan order rise to support the pediment that extends across the entire street façade of the structure. The Library, constructed in 1854-56 and designed by George Edward Walker, is a two-story brick structure in the mid-nineteenth century Classical Revival style with Italianate details, quoins, and round-headed windows. Inside, a central reading room rises two stories and is surrounded by a gallery. Listed in the National Register November 11, 1971; Designated a National Historic Landmark November 11, 1971.

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