Kaminski House Museum

Dating back to the 1700s, the Kaminski House contains one of the finest collections of English and American antiques and furnishings in South Carolina. The original structure, with beaded clapboard siding, was built around 1769 by Paul Trapier, a prosperous merchant and trader known as the “King of Georgetown.” Through marriage, it passed to John Keith, the first major of Georgetown, and remained in the Keith family until the late 1800s. Over the years, the house underwent various additions and extensions, but the stairway, newel and balusters, and the dado in the central hall appear to be original. In 1931, Harold and Julia Pyatt Kaminski purchased the property and carried out extensive renovations, including exterior brick veneer on the northern and southern ends of the home. They enriched the interior with a notable collection of exceptional antiques from the 18th and 19th centuries, many gathered by Mr. Kaminski’s mother, Rose Kaminski. Upon her death in 1972, Mrs. Kaminski bequeathed the house and its furnishings to the City of Georgetown in honor of her husband and mother.

Georgetown, South Carolina · United States