James Vanderhorst House
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The James Vanderhorst House is a pre-revolutionary house in Charleston, South Carolina. It is notable for its connection to American artist Alfred Hutty.[1]
Hutty restored and occupied the house starting in about 1928; he had moved to Charleston to become the first director of the Carolina Art School.[1] He used the house as his residence, and he restored a separate kitchen house and servants' quarters in the rear of the property as his art studio.[1] Hutty and his wife sold the property in 1951.[2]
As part of his work on the main house, Hutty relocated the entrance to the house to the west (garden) side of the house.[1] The balcony which he installed on the west side was originally installed on Sheppard's Tavern at the northeast corner of Broad and Church Streets; the balcony was saved when the tavern was demolished to make way for a bank building.[1]