In 1869 control of the Shaw Orphan Asylum was transferred to the state of South Carolina and the Asylum was moved to 16 George Street, which was then known as the Elliott Mansion. 16 George Street is now the Middleton-Pinckney House and its address is 14 George. The Middleton-Pinckney House was once occupied by the Charleston Commissioners of Public Works for more than one hundred years until 1980 when it became the headquarters for the Spoleto Festival. In 1941 a Historic American Building Survey was conducted on 14 George Street, this 1977 photograph of the rear of the house is from later documentation produced for the survey. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.Download Original File
