Vanderhorst Mansion  .

Kiawah Island, SC

Awards & Publications:

• Grand Aurora Award, Southeast Builder’s Conference
• Best-in-State Award, Southeast Builder’s Conference
• Architectural Digest magazine, “Rescue on Kiawah Island”
• Kiawah Legends magazine, “Passing The Test of Time”

Originally built in 1803 as the center of a working plantation, the Vanderhorst Mansion sat unoccupied and abandoned for most of the past century.  The goal of the renovation project was to adapt the historic home for use by a modern family while preserving its historic past.

In order to accommodate a kitchen and bathrooms, new flanker additions were constructed on either side of the house.  However, the intricate details of the past, such as a soapstone fireplace, were retained and restored.  The plantation home sits on the marshes of Kiawah Island with a mile and half long approach through an alley of Live Oak trees.