“W” is for White, Edward Brickell (1806-1882). Architect. A native of St. John’s Berkeley Parish, White graduated from West Point with a degree in engineering. After a decade in the military, he settled in Charleston. White’s general approach to architecture was eclectic. Indeed, his greatest talent was his flexibility as a designer. White’s first major commission was the Market Hall, a monumental Roman-revival structure. His projects demonstrated his mastery of a variety of architectural styles and tastes. St. Johannes Lutheran Church and Centenary Methodist Church in Charleston displayed his mastery of the Greek-revival. Other churches he designed were Gothic-revival: the Huguenot Church and Grace Church in Charleston; Trinity Church in Columbia; and the Chapel of the Cross in Bluffton. In the twenty years prior to the Civil War, Edward Brickell White was South Carolina’s pre-eminent architect.
“W” is for White, Edward Brickell (1806-1882)
