Dr. John B. Patrick House

	Dr. John B. Patrick House
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Dr. John B. Patrick House, May 2010
Location	1820 Middle St., Sullivan's Island, South Carolina
Coordinates	32°45′35″N 79°50′36″W / 32.75972°N 79.84333°W
Area	0.6 acres (0.24 ha)
Built	1920
Architectural style	Classical Revival, Late Victorian
NRHP reference No.	94001628
Added to NRHP	February 9, 1995

Dr. John B. Patrick House also known as the Patrick-Bherman-Smith House and Moultrieville Brothel, is a historic home located at Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, South Carolina. The house is a 2+1⁄2-story, symmetrical frame residence with a two-tiered, integral wraparound piazza. It features an expansive hipped roof with dormers and stairs that lead to the second tier of the piazza. A small rectangular frame structure, built about 1920 as a general store, is located on the property.^[1]^[2]

The house was built c. 1870 by Dr. John B Patrick as a home for him and his family. They lived in the house until Patrick died in 1903, and Patrick left the house in his will to his son Charles. Shortly thereafter, Charles sold the house to William Bherman, who converted into a place of business. The first floor became a tavern, with a brothel operating out of the second and third floors. In 1920, Mary Smith and her sisters purchased the building and remodeled it to become three residential units. Smith lived in the building until she died and left it in her will to her niece, Ethyl Merrill, who lived there until c. 1974. Merill's granddaughter lived in the building until 1984. The property remained vacant for the next six years. Hurricane Hugo hit Sullivan's Island in November 1989 and greatly damaged the building. John Geer purchased the house in 1990 and began renovations. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c John B. Geer (March 1994). "Dr. John B. Patrick House" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2008-10-12. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
^ "Dr. John B. Patrick House, Charleston County (1820 Middle St., Sullivans Island)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-08-01.

This article about a property in Charleston County, South Carolina on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[nrhpinv-1] John B. Geer (March 1994). "Dr. John B. Patrick House" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2008-10-12. Retrieved 2014-06-01.

[scdah-2] "Dr. John B. Patrick House, Charleston County (1820 Middle St., Sullivans Island)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-08-01.

[1]

v t e U.S. National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
Topics	Contributing property Keeper of the Register Historic district History of the National Register of Historic Places National Park Service Property types
Lists by county	Abbeville Aiken Allendale Anderson Bamberg Barnwell Beaufort Berkeley Calhoun Charleston Cherokee Chester Chesterfield Clarendon Colleton Darlington Dillon Dorchester Edgefield Fairfield Florence Georgetown Greenville Greenwood Hampton Horry Jasper Kershaw Lancaster Laurens Lee Lexington Marion Marlboro McCormick Newberry Oconee Orangeburg Pickens Richland Saluda Spartanburg Sumter Union Williamsburg York
Lists by city	Charleston Columbia Greenville North Charleston Rock Hill
Other lists	Bridges National Historic Landmarks
Keeper of the Register History of the National Register of Historic Places Property types Historic district Contributing property