I love visiting old houses and this is no exception! I’m always in awe of how they designed and managed them to take advantage of the best that nature has to offer! I loved the recessed shutters and how they locked them. How the house is built for function, air flow, etc! The oval staircase is gorgeous in this house and the even have the original sized joggling bench! The old globes were pretty interesting to see too! The architecture inside is gorgeous. Worth seeing! Much nicer than the plantation house I saw, but then again…this was city living 😆

It was a rainy day in Charleston and we needed something to do! I decided on visiting the Nathaniel Russell House because it opens at 10 and admission is only $15. I really enjoyed this visit. It was more than just looking at a historic home. The audio tour combined with the beautifully restored and decorated home was very well-done. The audio tour, device and headset included, was informative, interesting, easy to use and not too long! The ladies narrating gave just enough information without making you want to skip ahead. Not only is the home restored to original glory, it's decorated with period pieces so you can really envision the lives of the Russells. The laundry room/enslaved quarters is currently being worked on, so it was very interested to see it in it's primitive state. As I said, it was raining so we only briefly walked the gardens which are rather small so I didn't feel we missed too much. The whole visit took us about an hour. Nice job, Historic Charleston Foundation!

We just happened to show up when a guided tour was commencing. Otherwise, the tour is self guided with an audio device. Our guide was very knowledgeable speaking about preservation techniques, interior design, architecture, and, of course, history. We learned a lot and the building is quite fantastic. We appreciated that the beneficiary of our admission fee is the Historical Society and funding the ongoing preservation - and not the descendant family of someone who had built their fortune on the backs of slave labour.

Historical society has done a great job of renovating this prominent home to its original state. Provides a glimpse into the wealthy life of upperclass Charleston. However, was disappointed that they are only now allocating monies to renovate the kitchen and laundry area where slaves worked non-stop to support the needs of the household. Also, I was disappointed that there was no indication that the slaves bedroom quarters were to be renovated. Otherwise, very good self-audio tour!

The house was beautiful and there was a lot of interesting information but our tour guide got a little impatient with people's questions and was almost rude. She seemed flustered and annoyed when anyone asked anything. I might try it again and hope for a different guide.

This was one of, if not the best, of the tours we took in Charleston. While some of the historic homes have been left in the condition they were I when they became museums, here there has been an effort to bring the home back to what it was like back in the 18th century. Our guide provided a lot of information about the house, it’s original residents, and about archeological digs in the basement and about how some of the restoration has been done. It’s also unusual among the historical home tours in Charleston in that this house is based more fully on British/European models.

This was a nice home to visit. When we arrived they had asked if we wanted the self guided audio tour or the guided. We decided to do the guided tour. I believe there was no cost difference. Since it was mid morning it was not too crowded and since most people did the self guided tour so it was just me and my wife with the tour guide, so it was very personal. She was great and she walked through and explained the history, the furnishing, decor and architecture. She had a lot of knowledge and passion which makes these kind of tours much more enjoyable. We did not do lot of tours do to time available but we were very glad we did this. If you can only do one or two I would highly recommend this one.

We thoroughly enjoyed our visit to the Nathaniel Russell House. The docent-led tour was excellent. If you visit, be sure to catch one. The tour and the house were filled with architectural and historical wonder. Highly recommend.

A friend and I toured this house on our trip to Charleston. As with the Aiken-Rhett House, this one reflects life in the antebellum and Post Civil War days. It is under restoration currently in the kitchen and laundry rooms. The grounds are beautiful.

We had a walking tour cancelled so my wife and I created our own. Came across this place and gave it a shot. Really happy we did. Really informative and insightful, definitely do the guided tour instead of the headphone one. Diane really was a fun guide and answered all of our questions.