735 3rd Street

Sprawling brick home in gated East Cooper locale offers idyllic sights of Charleston Harbor

Although on the market, 735 3rd St. in Mount Pleasant has residents with a close bond to the property: its builder Rick Blankenship, his wife and their young children.

That explains Blankenship’s customized spiral staircase, solid mahogany front door built from one log and separate entrance to a wing that can be closed off as a mother-in-law suite. In other words, he crafted personal flourishes that nonetheless would be passed along to a new owner.

Tim Rogers of AgentOwned Realty is listing agent for the 4,631-square-foot house, situated in the gated four-home Scanlonville neighborhood that Blankenship developed east of the Cooper. The three-year-old home, overlooking marsh in the Remley’s Point area, is priced at $1,450,000.

“You have a real view,” including a striking look at the Ravenel Bridge, Rogers says.

The two story brick house has a semi-circular decorative railing on the second level, detached three-car garage and an enormous 700-square-foot back porch with pressure treated tongue-and-groove flooring.

“We tried to keep the old Charleston feel,” Blankenship says. Doorways and arches segregate rooms, more in keeping with a century old design than a wide open modern style.

The property has an East Cooper flavor, too. The builder-developer carved an old cypress tree, knots and all, into a flag pole. There’s a 1/2 acre yard, with natural foliage such as live oaks and wax myrtles. A directional pointer is incorporated in the backyard patio using castaway bricks from the original brick yard on Horlbeck Creek.

Inside, the five bedroom, five-and-a-half bath home has its share of perks. An island with countertop from one 9-foot granite slab dominates the upscale kitchen, which has a 48-inch Wolf-brand stove; Sub Zero refrigerator, wine cooler and icemaker; custom built cabinets; three-piece crown molding; and Italian tile floor with milled granite pegs.

The den has a coffered ceiling, heart pine floors, gas fireplace and space for a big-screen TV. Blankenship says while most of the home is roomy with 10-foot ceilings, he wanted the den to be “cozy and comfy.”

Other features include granite surrounds on the three fireplaces (two gas and one wood-burning) and bedroom window seats. The original plan called for straight-up stairs, but Blankenship wanted to add a classic appearance from the front door and built the wooden steps with curving mahogany railings to bedrooms on the second floor. The window’s decorative wood outlines are shaped with a rounded design that the couple created.

On the east side of the house next to the laundry room is a separate suite of rooms with entrances from the interior and outside. Much of the wing’s second level was originally proposed as storage, but it became a large bedroom and bath. There’s also a play area and TV room for the children.

The neighborhood gets its name from the original 19th century Scanlonville, situated close to Remley’s Point. According to a 2001 article in The Post and Courier, Remley Plantation covered 300 acres at the mouth of the Wando River when landowner Paul D. Remley died in 1863. Remley in his will divided the money from the sale of his land between his relatives and his slave named Philis, and her children, Charles and Cecile. Five years later, John Scanlon was the highest bidder for Remley’s property, signing a $6,100 mortgage. Scanlonville was partitioned into numbered plots by the 1870s and in time developed into a community of freedmen’s homes.

The Blankenship’s house was the first one built in the new Scanlonville. “They designed this house for them to live in,” Rogers says.

“It’s a good old Charleston house,” Blankenship says, “in a Mount Pleasant setting.”

To get to 735 3rd St., take U.S. Highway 17 (Johnnie Dodds Boulevard) into Mount Pleasant. Turn left at the second traffic light onto Mathis Ferry Road. Make a sharp left just past Holy Trinity church, then another left onto 5th Avenue. Follow 5th, which makes a sharp right at the marsh. The Scanlonville gate is on the left. The house is the third dwelling in the neighborhood.

Reach Jim Parker at 937-5542 or jparker@postandcourier.com

Agent: Tim Rogers

Office: AgentOwned Realty

Phone: (843) 412-2221

Philosophy: “Every deal is different. I try to put the client’s interest first, buyer or seller. BUT what do they (clients or customers) need and want for this deal to work for them, I focus on THAT and do it over and over. When they get what they need and want so will the broker.

www.agentowned.com

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