Charleston properties added to National Register
History buffs, hold on: Two downtown Charleston properties have recently been added to the National Register of Historic Places, making that comprehensive walking tour you’ve been preparing for your friends just a little bit longer.
The Giovanni Sottile House, at 81 Rutledge Ave., was built in the 1820s by Dr. Joseph Glover, a South Carolina-born physician who occupied the house with his family until his death in 1840. The house was also home to Giovanni Sottile, the Italian consular agent to Charleston, from 1905 until his death in 1913.
According to the property’s National Register of Historic Places registration form, Sottile was an advocate for the Italian community of North Carolina and South Carolina, “and he was instrumental in promoting Italian culture and heritage in Charleston.”
