In Charleston, Even the Swimming Pool Has a Pedigree

Floridians tend to treat a backyard pool the way they treat sunscreen: so standard that nobody brings it up. In Naples it's assumed, in Palm Beach it's framed by a hedge, and in Miami it's where the party happens. Up the coast in Charleston, a house now listed at $12.5 million puts its pool forward as a credential, because it ranks among the earliest private pools anywhere in the city's historic downtown. The house itself was built before the Revolution, which means it was already standing when the country was founded. It has seven bedrooms, plenty of room for a long weekend with the whole family. For readers who measure a house by its age as much as its square footage, this one makes an unusual case: a place where both the walls and the water carry real history.

With reporting from Robb Report.