From a "tourist" point of view. Historic Charleston Foundation does not plan to restore the interior of this house. It shows how the house "was/is preserved".

This was my favorite thing! Audio tour of original house and original slave quarters and original horse stalls and buggies. So interesting!

Park your car at the Visitors Center and get a Heritage Passport. Then, walk over to this home. This place is more preservation than restoration. The wealthy family named the streets after their kids. Worth the stop.

Excellent value, amazing history, a wonderful treat in a magnificent city

The Aiken-Rhett house is preserved, not restored, but you still get a glimpse of the grandeur that wealthy Charlestonians lived in before the Civil War. However at this house, unlike most of the other grand houses you can tour in the city, you also get a look at how the family's slaves lived, as it is still has its outbuildings... More

Nice self-guided tour with earphones play-back. Original setting and furniture. Slave quarters are authentic!

Amazing that so many features of this home are still in tact. Worth the walk to find and enjoy.

Very authentic and lots of period furniture. The Historical Society wants to preserve and not restore, so some of this is in poor condition, but interesting. The audio tour is great.

This is one of the few historic houses that still has its house-slave quarters and outhouses intact. Hurricane Hugo blew the roof off in 1986, doing major damage to the interior. That's the bad news. The good news is that this is a unique opportunity to see a historic house before it's been restored and to get a feel for... More