Château Palmetto

Château Palmetto is the executive residence and workplace of the President of Carolina. It is located at 2833 Calliness Grande Drive and has been the official residence of every Carolinian President since Casen Underwood.

Château Palmetto was designed under the authority of French Emperor Napoleon III as a residence for Emperor Maximilian of Mexico as a part of the Neumoir Plan. The building was highly based of the Louvre and Versailles palaces. However, with Maximilian's execution in 1868, the residence was simply to be a gift to Carolina from France for a new executive residence in the country. It was also to be Napoleon III's official home in the America's, with the Emperors Wing being built specifically for guests. However, with the fall of the French Empire in 1871, the project was abandoned, with only some of the exterior being completed. Carolina at the time did not have sufficient money to continue building the elaborate executive mansion. However, after the Civil War there was a desire to rebuild the palace in the new capital of Charleston. French advisors helped to build the palace, and on April 17, 1894 the new palace in Charleston officially broke ground. The new building finished ahead of schedule in 1903 but over budget. It was coronated in a ceremony by President Underwood, who named it Château Palmetto instead of the original Carolina Palace. Underwood was the first resident of Château Palmetto.

Due to the large size of the building, it serves several purposes. It is the official residence of the President and the First Family who live in the West Wing of the building. The building also houses the offices of the President in the Underwood Wing, along with the Emperor Napoleon III Wing (Emperor's Wing) for state guests who visit Carolina. The Château is four floors and is the largest executive residence in the America's.