List of the oldest buildings in South Carolina
This article attempts to list the oldest extant buildings surviving in the state of South Carolina in the United States of America, including the oldest houses in South Carolina and any other surviving structures. Some dates are approximate and based upon dendochronology, architectural studies, and historical records. Many sites on this list are considered American colonial architecture that date to the period before the American Revolutionary War. To be listed here a site must:
- date from prior to 1776; or
- be the oldest building in a town, city, or county; or
- be the oldest of its type (e.g., church or government building).
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Building | Image | Location | Year built | Original use | Notes |
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Middleburg Plantation | Huger | 1699 | House | ||
Medway (Mount Holly, South Carolina) | Mount Holly | 1704–1705 | House | Main part of original house was actually built in 1686 | |
Old St. Andrews Parish Church (Charleston, South Carolina) | Charleston | 1706 | Church | Oldest church building in South Carolina | |
St. James Church (Goose Creek, South Carolina) | Goose Creek | 1708 | Church | ||
Col. William Rhett House | 54 Hasell Street, Charleston | 1712 | House | ||
Pink House | 17 Chalmers Street, Charleston | 1712 | House | ||
The Powder Magazine | 79 Cumberland Street, Charleston | 1713 | The Powder Magazine of South Carolina | State's oldest public building. Daily visitation hours - www.PowderMag.org | |
Mulberry Plantation | U.S. 52, Moncks Corners | 1714 | House | ||
Hanover House | Clemson University, Anderson | 1714 | House | The house was relocated to Clemson University's campus when its original site in Berkeley County was inundated for the creation of Lake Moultrie in the 1940s. | |
John Lining House | 106 Broad Street, Charleston | Before 1715[1] | House | The house is now used as a law office. | |
Elizabeth O'Neill Verner House | 38 Tradd Street, Charleston | 1718[2] | House | Often described together with adjacent 40 Tradd St. as the Bullock buildings. | |
40 Tradd Street, Charleston | 1718[3] | House | Often described together with adjacent 38 Tradd St. as the Bullock buildings. | ||
Nicholas Trott House | 85 Cumberland Street, Charleston | 1719 | House | ||
John's Island Presbyterian Church | Johns Island, South Carolina | 1719 | Church | ||
William Bull House | 35 Meeting Street, Charleston | 1720[4] | House | ||
207 Hancock Street, Beaufort | 1720[5] | House | One of the earliest surviving houses using tabby concrete | ||
Robert Brewton House | 71 Church Street, Charleston | 1721 | House | ||
23 King Street | 23 King Street, Charleston | 1721–1755 | House | The house has been divided in apartments. | |
Strawberry Chapel | Strawberry Chapel Road, near Cordesville | 1725 | Church | ||
65 Broad Street, Charleston | 1725–1740[6] | House | |||
8-10 Tradd Street, Charleston | 1726[7] | House | |||
Christ Church | Mount Pleasant | 1726 | Church | ||
50 King Street, Charleston | 1729–1730[8] | House | |||
52 King Street, Charleston | 1729–1730[9] | House | |||
Fairfield Plantation | McClellanville | 1730 | House | ||
Fenwick Hall | Johns Island | 1730 | House | ||
49 Tradd Street, Charleston | 1731[10] | House | |||
60 Tradd Street, Charleston | 1732 | House | |||
Dr. Peter Fayssoux House | 126 Tradd Street, Charleston | 1732[11] | House | ||
Thomas Rose House | 59 Church Street, Charleston | 1733 | House | ||
Thomas Dale House | 73 Church Street, Charleston | 1733[12] | House | ||
Dr. Henry Frost Office | 98 Broad Street, Charleston | 1735[13] | House | ||
Hampton Plantation | McClellanville | 1735 | House | The plantation is now operated as a state park. | |
Hopsewee | South of Georgetown | 1735 | House | ||
51-53 Tradd Street, Charleston | 1736[14] | House | |||
405 Front Street, Georgetown | 1737[15] | House | |||
75 King Street, Charleston | Before 1739[16] | House | |||
19 King Street, Charleston | 1739 | House | A bed and breakfast operates out of the house. | ||
719 Prince Street, Georgetown | 1739[15] | House | |||
Masonic Lodge | Georgetown | 1740[15] | Inn | ||
William Vanderhorst House | 54 Tradd Street, Charleston | 1740[17] | House | ||
Clark Mills Studio | 51–53 Broad Street, Charleston | 1740 | House | The building is now used as commercial space. | |
49 Broad Street, Charleston | 1740[18] | House | |||
56 Tradd Street, Charleston | 1740[19] | House | |||
12 Gillon Street, South Carolina | 1740[20] | House | |||
Alexander Peronneau Tenements | 141 Church Street, South Carolina | 1740[21] | House | Alexander Peronneau built both this single tenement house and the neighboring double tenement at 143-145 Church St. circa 1740. | |
Pirate House | 143–145 Church Street, South Carolina | 1740[22] | House | Alexander Peronneau built both this double tenement house and the neighboring single tenement at 141 Church St. circa 1740. | |
43 East Bay Street, Charleston | 1740[23] | House | |||
Isaac Holmes Tenement | 107 Church Street, Charleston | 1740[24] | House | ||
316 Screven Street, Georgetown | 1740[15] | House | |||
331 Screven Street, Georgetown | 1740[15] | House | |||
47 East Bay Street, Charleston | After 1740[25] | House | |||
Othniel Beale Houses | 97 and 99–101 East Bay Street, Charleston | After 1740[26] | House | ||
Stiles-Hinson House | 940 Paul Revere Drive, Charleston | 1742 | House | ||
36 Meeting Street, Charleston | 1743[27] | House | |||
George Eveleigh House | 39 Church Street, Charleston | 1743[28] | House | ||
George Mathews House | 37 Church Street, Charleston | 1743[29] | House | ||
19 Tradd Street, Charleston | 1745[30] | House | |||
1032 Front Street, Georgetown | 1745[15] | House | |||
35 Tradd Street, South Carolina | Before 1747[31] | House | |||
41 King Street, Charleston | 1746[32] | House | |||
41–43 Tradd Street, Charleston | 1746–1772[33] | House | |||
John Drayton House | 2 Ladson Street, Charleston | After 1746[34] | House | ||
79 King Street, Charleston | 1747–1749[35] | House | |||
Drayton Hall | near Charleston | 1747–1752 | House | Drayton Hall is now open to the public as a museum house. | |
Thorntree | Kingstree | 1749 | House | ||
Cabbage Row | 83–85 Church Street, Charleston | 1749–1750[36] | House | ||
David Ramsay House | 92 Broad Street, Charleston | Before 1750[37] | House | The house is used as a law office. | |
Capers-Motte House | 69 Church Street, Charleston | 1750[38] | House | ||
513 Prince Street, Georgetown | 1750[15] | House | |||
614 Prince Street, Georgetown | 1750[15] | House | |||
Oakland Plantation | Mount Pleasant | 1750 | House | ||
Beneventum Plantation House | Georgetown | 1750 | House | ||
45 Queen Street, Charleston | 1750[39] | House | |||
Prince George Winyah Episcopal Church | Broad and Highmarket Streets, Georgetown | 1750 | Church | ||
102 Tradd Street, Charleston | Mid-18th century[40] | House | |||
Kingstree | 1750–1770 | House | |||
Academy Street, Kingstree | 1750–1775 | House | |||
St. Michael's Episcopal Church | 80 Broad Street, Charleston | 1751–1761 | Church | ||
58 Church Street, Charleston | 1754[41] | House | James Veree built this house in 1754 and the neighboring house at 60 Church St. a decade later. | ||
Middleton Place | Summerville | 1755 | House | The remaining structure was originally a guest house for a no-longer-standing plantation house. Middleton Place is open to the public for tours of its house and gardens. | |
Ralph Izard House | 110 Broad Street, Charleston | Before September 1757 | House | ||
67–69 Broad Street, Charleston | 1758–1765[42] | House | |||
104 Broad Street, Charleston | After 1758[43] | House | |||
Charles Elliott House | 43 Legare Street, Charleston | 1759[44] | House | ||
Justinus Stoll House | 7 Stoll's Alley, Charleston | 1759[45] | House | ||
90 Church Street, Charleston | 1759–1760[46] | House | |||
Edward Rutledge House | 117 Broad Street, Charleston | 1760[47] | House | The house is used as a bed and breakfast. | |
58 Tradd Street, Charleston | 1760 | House | |||
James Simmons House | 37 Meeting Street, Charleston | 1760 | House | ||
Indiantown | 1760 | House | |||
Samuel Wainwright House | 94 Tradd Street, Charleston | 1760 | House | ||
214 New Street, Beaufort | 1760[48] | House | Possibly the oldest house in Beaufort, South Carolina. | ||
Joseph H. Rainey House | 909 Prince Street, Georgetown | 1760 | House | ||
222 Broad Street, Georgetown | 1760[15] | House | |||
1003 Front Street, Georgetown | 1760[15] | House | |||
1019 Front Street, Georgetown | 1760[15] | House | |||
331 Screven Street, Georgetown | 1760[15] | House | |||
Daniel Elliott Huger House | 34 Meeting Street, Charleston | 1760 | House | ||
601 Highmarket Street, Georgetown | 1760[15] | House | |||
Daniel Legare House | 79 Anson Street, Charleston | 1760[49] | House | ||
25 Meeting Street, Charleston | 1760[50] | House | |||
15 Cannon Street, Georgetown | 1760[15] | House | |||
94 Church Street, South Carolina | 1760–1765[51] | House | |||
Thomas Elfe House | 54 Queen Street, South Carolina | 1760–1770[52] | House | ||
1 Legare Street, Charleston | 1760–1770[53] | House | |||
Blake Tenements | 2–4 Courthouse Square, Charleston | 1760–1772 | Rental townhouses | The houses are used as offices for Charleston County. | |
Grimke-Fraser Tenements | 55 King Street, Charleston | 1762[54] | House | ||
92 Tradd Street, Charleston | 1762[55] | House | |||
John Rutledge House | 116 Broad Street, Charleston | 1763 | House | The house is used as a bed-and-breakfast. | |
Pompion Hill Chapel | Huger | 1763 | Church | ||
Charles Elliott House | 22 Legare Street, Charleston | 1764 | House | ||
60 Church Street, Charleston | 1764[56] | House | James Veree built this house in 1764 and the neighboring house at 58 Church St. a decade earlier. | ||
72 Tradd Street, Charleston | Before 1765[57] | House | |||
Humphrey Sommers House | 128 Tradd Street, Charleston | 1765[58] | House | ||
Walnut Grove Plantation | Roebuck | 1765 | House | ||
Branford-Horry House | 59 Meeting Street, Charleston | Before 1767 | House | ||
39 Meeting Street, Charleston | 1767 | House | |||
McCrady's Tavern and Long Room | 153 East Bay Street, Charleston | 1767 | House | A restaurant by the same name operates in the building. | |
St. Stephens Episcopal Church | St. Stephen | 1767–1769 | Church | ||
Exchange and Provost | 122 East Bay Street, Charleston | 1767-177 | Royal custom house | The building is open as a museum. | |
William Washington House | 8 South Battery, Charleston | 1768 | House | ||
3 Orange Street, Charleston | 1768[59] | House | |||
St. James Episcopal Church | McClellanville | 1768 | Church | ||
Miles Brewton House | 27 King Street, Charleston | 1769 | House | ||
Charles Pinckney House | 7 Orange Street, Charleston | 1769[60] | House | ||
14 Water Street, Charleston | 1769[61] | House | |||
43 Church Street, Charleston | 1769–1775[62] | House | |||
Rev. Robert Smith House | 6 Glebe Street, Charleston | 1770 | House | Residence of the president of the College of Charleston | |
95 Broad Street, Charleston | 1770 | House | |||
220 Queen Street, Georgetown | 1770[15] | House | |||
1024 Front Street, Georgetown | 1770[15] | House | |||
1028 Front Street, Georgetown | 1770[15] | House | |||
9–11 Orange Street, Charleston | 1770[63] | House | |||
320 St. James Street, Georgetown | 1773[15] | House | All of the original building that remains is the detached kitchen, later converted into an art studio and then house. | ||
30 Meeting Street, Charleston | 1770 | House | |||
23 Meeting Street, Charleston | 1770[64] | House | |||
622 Highmarket Street, Georgetown | 1770[15] | House | |||
John Edwards House | 15 Meeting Street, Charleston | 1770 | House | ||
35 Church Street, Charleston | 1770[65] | House | |||
William Harvey House | 58 Meeting Street, Charleston | 1770 | House | ||
James Vanderhorst House | 46–48 Tradd Street, Charleston | 1770[66] | House | ||
Heyward-Washington House | 87 Church Street, Charleston | 1771 | House | The house is open to the public as a museum operated by the Charleston Museum. | |
John Scott House | 38 Coming Street, Charleston | 1771[67] | House | ||
54 Broad Street, Charleston | 1771–1775[68] | House | |||
Colonel John Stuart House | 104–106 Tradd Street, Charleston | 1772 | House | ||
John Fullerton House | 15 Legare Street, Charleston | 1772 | House | ||
Unitarian Church | 4 Archdale Street, Charleston | 1772–1787 | Church | ||
William Gibbes House | 64 South Battery, Charleston | 1772–1788 | House | ||
Philip Porcher House | 19 Archdale Street, Charleston | 1773[69] | House | ||
Lewisfield Plantation | Moncks Corner | 1774 | House | ||
Robert Pringle House | 70 Tradd Street, Charleston | 1774[70] | House | ||
30 King Street, Charleston | Before 1775[71] | House | |||
Blocker House | Route 25, near Edgefield | 1775 | House | ||
528 Front Street, Georgetown | 1775[15] | House | |||
Bonham House | Saluda, SC | 1780 | House | ||
Seibels House | Columbia | 1796 | House | Oldest house in the state capital | |
Congregation Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim | Charleston | 1840 | Synagogue | Oldest Jewish synagogue in South Carolina |
See also[]
- Oldest buildings in the United States
- Oldest churches in the United States
- National Register of Historic Places listings in South Carolina
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