page_title: Patricia Altschul
section_title: Renovation of Mikell House
hierarchical_section_title: Patricia Altschul / Renovation of Mikell House
caption_attribution_description: English: Dogs play in the yard of the historic Isaac Jenkins Mikell House in Charleston, SC.
context_page_description: Patricia Altschul is an American socialite, art collector, and personality on the reality television series, Southern Charm. She is the widow of Arthur G. Altschul, a former Goldman Sachs partner and prominent art collector and philanthropist. Mrs. Altschul has been a director or trustee of several nonprofit organizations including the New York Historical Society and Historic Hudson Valley. In 2012, Altschul was given a Woman of the Year award by the Police Athletic League of New York City. In 2013, she received a Carolopolis Award from the Preservation Society of Charleston for her renovation of the historic Isaac Jenkins Mikell House in Charleston, SC.
  On Southern Charm, Patricia plays “the resident madcap grande dame” according to a profile in Architectural Digest. "Pat quickly became a fan favorite last year and has even drawn the affection of celebrities like Lady Gaga who claimed 'that looking at Patricia is like looking in a mirror'", commented TV critic Christine Lo in her blog.
context_section_description: In 2008, Altschul decided to leave New York for Charleston. She purchased the historic Isaac Jenkins Mikell House, an imposing 1854 Greek Revival residence noted for its pedimented portico with six large columns having capitals ornamented with rams’ heads. 
  The house was formerly the Charleston Free Library and served as a public library until the early 1960s when it reverted to a private residence.  Altschul was said to have paid $4.8 million for the house. The New York Post noted that it has "a picturesque piazza and 18th-century French toilets."
  In 2013 the Preservation Society of Charleston gave Altschul a Pro Merito Award/Carolopolis Award for her renovation of the house and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.
  In addition to the main house, there is a kitchen building and separate coach house on the Mikell House premises.
caption: The historic 1854 Isaac Jenkins Mikell House after the renovation (in 2015)
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