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Elias Vanderhorst House

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28 Chapel

The Elias Vanderhorst House at 28 Chapel Street, Charleston, South Carolina, is a four-story mansion house which was built around 1835 as a home for members of the prominent Vanderhorst family of plantation owners.

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Elias Vanderhorst House
Chapel Street, Charleston

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