The Wentworth Mansion is a hotel in Charleston, South Carolina, United States.

It was built in 1886 as a home for cotton merchant Francis Silas Rodgers and his family. The mansion is Second Empire in style.

Wentworth Mansion

The Rodgers Mansion was purchased in 1920 for US$100,000 by the Scottish Rite Cathedral Association of Charleston, a Masonic organization. In 1922 it constructed an auditorium which could accommodate the organization's 600 members on the property, connected by a corridor to the mansion; the auditorium was removed some time later.

Wentworth Mansion

It is a contributing property in the Charleston Historic District.

Wentworth Mansion

It was listed as a member of Historic Hotels of America by the National Trust for Historic Preservation since 2003.

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Charleston, South Carolina

Hotels in South Carolina

National Register of Historic Places in Charleston, South Carolina

Historic Hotels of America