the university opened the bidding process again with the minimum bid pegged at $3.2 million, with bids due by August 20, 2020. Architecture The house was constructed around 1826. This is a Federal style, clapboard house on a raised basement. The basic shape of this -story house is rectangular. The house has a gable roof with dormers. The front horseshoe stairs to the porch are granite with an iron railing. A semicircular archway leads to the basement. The portico is supported by four fluted Doric columns. The pediment has a semi-elliptical window. It is decorated with dentate molding. The second floor has French doors with a fanlight transom that open to the railed balcony on the portico. The south facade has single nine over nine lights on either side of the doors. Each wing has four nine over nine lights. In the second story, there are pairs of six over six lights to the left and right of the porch gable. The front door has a fanlight transom. Dormer windows and basement windows are six over six lights. The gabled ends have three six over six lights. The east and west elevations have four nine over nine lights. The north elevation has two dormers. There are four windows on each floor and a window in the stairwell between the first and second floors. The rear portico has four Doric columns. The interior has a four-room, central hall plan. The main floor has right and left parlors separated by the central hall. Behind are an alcove and library on the right and a kitchen and laundry on the left. The basement includes a wine cellar, storage room. The basement floor is brick. One room has a millstone incorporated in its floor. PBS New Home Show project A PBS television show entitled, "The New Home Show" built a modern-day replica of the Wedge Plantation home near Matthews, North Carolina using modern day materials. The replica was designed by William Poole. The Wedge Plantation project was built over 18 episodes. Additional photographs of the exterior of the house are available. References External links The Wedge Plantation - Charleston, South Carolina photos and history Historic American Buildings Survey in South Carolina Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina Federal architecture in South Carolina Houses completed in 1826 1826 establishments in South Carolina Houses in Charleston County, South Carolina Plantation houses