Charleston ยท The Battery and South of Broad
20 South Battery
The 1840s Stevens-Lathers House facing White Point Garden; Live 5 News called its Battery Carriage House Inn downtown's most haunted hotel.
- Built
- 1840sStevens-Lathers House; the inn's FAQ says "originally built in 1843" (its homepage says 1845 and its history page "the 1840s"). Colonel Richard Lathers remodeled it after 1870. The Battery Carriage House Inn operates in the carriage house behind.
- Type
- Inn
- Area
- The Battery and South of Broad
- Credentials
- Inside a National Register historic district
The story
The Stevens-Lathers House faces White Point Garden on the Battery. Colonel Richard Lathers transformed the house after 1870, and the inn says the Preservation Society of Charleston was founded in its drawing room. Dr. Jack L. Schaeffer bought the property in 2018 for $3.4 million and completed an 18-month restoration that uncovered original gold-leaf trim, frescoes and wallpaper, earning the Preservation Society’s Pro Merito Award. The mansion reopened as an 11-room inn alongside the long-running Battery Carriage House Inn.
The ghost story
Inn lore and local news describe two spirits in the Battery Carriage House: a polite "Gentleman Ghost" said to visit women guests in Room 10, and a headless torso in a rough wool coat reported at the foot of the bed in Room 8. Live 5 News called it the most haunted hotel in downtown Charleston.
Source: 20southbattery.com
Good to know
- Breakfast: included
- Parking: street
- Address: 20 South Battery, Charleston, SC 29401
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Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.