List of the oldest buildings in South Carolina facts for kids

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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).

Building	Location	Year built	Original use	Notes
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. Andrew's Parish Church	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	House	The house is now used as a law office.
Elizabeth O'Neill Verner House	38 Tradd Street, Charleston	1718	House	Often described together with adjacent 40 Tradd St. as the Bullock buildings.
Bullock Buildings – 40 Tradd Street	40 Tradd Street, Charleston	1718	House	Often described together with adjacent 38 Tradd St. as the Bullock buildings.
Nicholas Trott House	83 Cumberland Street, Charleston	1719	House
John's Island Presbyterian Church	Johns Island, South Carolina	1719	Church
William Bull House	35 Meeting Street, Charleston	1720	House
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
Thomas Fleming House	65 Broad Street, Charleston	1725–1740	House
Lamboll's Tenements	8-10 Tradd Street, Charleston	1726	House
Christ Church	Mount Pleasant	1726	Church
John Cowan House	50 King Street, Charleston	1729–1730	House
Edgar Wells House	52 King Street, Charleston	1729–1730	House
Fairfield Plantation	McClellanville	1730	House
Fenwick Hall	Johns Island	1730	House
Col. George Chicken House	49 Tradd Street, Charleston	1731	House
Dr. William Cleland House	60 Tradd Street, Charleston	1732	House
Dr. Peter Fayssoux House	126 Tradd Street, Charleston	1732	House
Thomas Rose House	59 Church Street, Charleston	1733	House
Thomas Dale House	73 Church Street, Charleston	1733	House
Dr. Henry Frost Office	98 Broad Street, Charleston	1735	House
Hampton Plantation	McClellanville	1735	House	The plantation is now operated as a state park.
Hopsewee	South of Georgetown	1735	House
Hext Tenements	51-53 Tradd Street, Charleston	1736	House
Allston-Read House	405 Front Street, Georgetown	1737	House
William Elliott House	75 King Street, Charleston	Before 1739	House
Thomas Lamboll House	19 King Street, Charleston	1739	House	A bed and breakfast operates out of the house.
Lucas Stearns House	719 Prince Street, Georgetown	1739	House
Masonic Lodge	Georgetown	1740	Inn
William Vanderhorst House	54 Tradd Street, Charleston	1740	House
Clark Mills Studio	51–53 Broad Street, Charleston	1740	House	The building is now used as commercial space.
Benjamin Smith House	49 Broad Street, Charleston	1740	House
George Ducat House	56 Tradd Street, Charleston	1740	House
Alexander Gillon House	12 Gillon Street, South Carolina	1740	House
Alexander Peronneau Tenements	141 Church Street, South Carolina	1740	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	House	Alexander Peronneau built both this double tenement house and the neighboring single tenement at 141 Church St. circa 1740.
George Sommers House	43 East Bay Street, Charleston	1740	House
Isaac Holmes Tenement	107 Church Street, Charleston	1740	House
Withers-Porter House	316 Screven Street, Georgetown	1740	House
Hall-Sellars House	331 Screven Street, Georgetown	1740	House
Anne Boone House	47 East Bay Street, Charleston	After 1740	House
Othniel Beale Houses	97 and 99–101 East Bay Street, Charleston	After 1740	House
Stiles-Hinson House	940 Paul Revere Drive, Charleston	1742	House
Brunch-Hall House	36 Meeting Street, Charleston	1743	House
George Eveleigh House	39 Church Street, Charleston	1743	House
George Mathews House	37 Church Street, Charleston	1743	House
John McCall House	19 Tradd Street, Charleston	1745	House
Taylor-Haselden House	1032 Front Street, Georgetown	1745	House
Brewton's Corner Dependencies	35 Tradd Street, South Carolina	Before 1747	House
John Prue House	41 King Street, Charleston	1746	House
Jonathan Badger Tenements	41–43 Tradd Street, Charleston	1746–1772	House
John Drayton House	2 Ladson Street, Charleston	After 1746	House
Capt. Francis Baker House	79 King Street, Charleston	1747–1749	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	House
David Ramsay House	92 Broad Street, Charleston	Before 1750	House	The house is used as a law office.
Capers-Motte House	69 Church Street, Charleston	1750	House
Stewart-Congdon-Farrelly House	513 Prince Street, Georgetown	1750	House
Ward-Bull House	614 Prince Street, Georgetown	1750	House
Oakland Plantation	Mount Pleasant	1750	House
Beneventum Plantation House	Georgetown	1750	House
Daniel Cannon Tenement	45 Queen Street, Charleston	1750	House
Prince George Winyah Parish Church	Broad and Highmarket Streets, Georgetown	1750	Church
Grimke-Fraser House	102 Tradd Street, Charleston	Mid-18th century	House
Reardon House	Kingstree	1750–1770	House
Fleming-Jenkinson House	Academy Street, Kingstree	1750–1775	House
St. Michael's Episcopal Church	80 Broad Street, Charleston	1751–1761	Church
James Veree Houses	58 Church Street, Charleston	1754	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
Mansion House Hotel Annex	67–69 Broad Street, Charleston	1758–1765	House
Ann Bocquet House	104 Broad Street, Charleston	After 1758	House
Charles Elliott House	43 Legare Street, Charleston	1759	House
Justinus Stoll House	7 Stoll's Alley, Charleston	1759	House
Peter Leger House	90 Church Street, Charleston	1759–1760	House
Edward Rutledge House	117 Broad Street, Charleston	1760	House	The house is used as a bed and breakfast.
Cleland-Wells House	58 Tradd Street, Charleston	1760	House
James Simmons House	37 Meeting Street, Charleston	1760	House
William Cooper House	Indiantown	1760	House
Samuel Wainwright House	94 Tradd Street, Charleston	1760	House
Thomas Hepworth House	214 New Street, Beaufort	1760	House	Possibly the oldest house in Beaufort, South Carolina. Could have been built as early as 1720.
Joseph H. Rainey House	909 Prince Street, Georgetown	1760	House
Bolen-Bellune House	222 Broad Street, Georgetown	1760	House
Harold Kaminski House	1003 Front Street, Georgetown	1760	House
Pawley-Parker House	1019 Front Street, Georgetown	1760	House
Humley-Miller House	331 Screven Street, Georgetown	1760	House
Daniel Elliott Huger House	34 Meeting Street, Charleston	1760	House
Pacey House	601 Highmarket Street, Georgetown	1760	House
Daniel Legare House	79 Anson Street, Charleston	1760	House
25 Meeting Street	25 Meeting Street, Charleston	1760	House
Tucker-Smith-Tarbox House	15 Cannon Street, Georgetown	1760	House
Cooper-Bee House	94 Church Street, South Carolina	1760–1765	House
Thomas Elfe House	54 Queen Street, South Carolina	1760–1770	House
Edward Blake House	1 Legare Street, Charleston	1760–1770	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	House
Dewar-Lee-Pringle House	92 Tradd Street, Charleston	1762	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
James Veree Houses	60 Church Street, Charleston	1764	House	James Veree built this house in 1764 and the neighboring house at 58 Church St. a decade earlier.
Guillebeau House	Willington	1764	House
Fotheringham-McNeil Tenements	72 Tradd Street, Charleston	Before 1765	House
Humphrey Sommers House	128 Tradd Street, Charleston	1765	House
Walnut Grove Plantation	Roebuck	1765	House
Branford-Horry House	59 Meeting Street, Charleston	Before 1767	House
Old St. Michael's Rectory	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
Elizabeth Petrie House	3 Orange Street, Charleston	1768	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	House
Young-Keenan House	14 Water Street, Charleston	1769	House
John Rose House	43 Church Street, Charleston	1769–1775	House
Rev. Robert Smith House	6 Glebe Street, Charleston	1770	House	Residence of the president of the College of Charleston
Peter Bocquet, Jr. House	95 Broad Street, Charleston	1770	House
McGrath House	220 Queen Street, Georgetown	1770	House
Humley-Miller House	1024 Front Street, Georgetown	1770	House
Fraser House	1028 Front Street, Georgetown	1770	House
Simons Tenements	9–11 Orange Street, Charleston	1770	House
Greenwich Plantation	320 St. James Street, Georgetown	1773	House	All of the original building that remains is the detached kitchen, later converted into an art studio and then house.
Young-Motte House	30 Meeting Street, Charleston	1770	House
Albert Detmar House	23 Meeting Street, Charleston	1770	House
Withers-Kaminski House	622 Highmarket Street, Georgetown	1770	House
John Edwards House	15 Meeting Street, Charleston	1770	House
Young-Johnson House	35 Church Street, Charleston	1770	House
William Harvey House	58 Meeting Street, Charleston	1770	House
James Vanderhorst House	46–48 Tradd Street, Charleston	1770	House
Elliott House	Richburg	1770 c.	House
Pegues Place	Wallace	1770 c.	House
Laurance Corley House	231 Fox Street, Lexington	1771	House	Now located on the grounds of the Lexington County Museum. The oldest structure in the town of Lexington.
John Scott House	38 Coming Street, Charleston	1771	House
Geiger House	54 Broad Street, Charleston	1771–1775	House
Heyward-Washington House	87 Church Street, Charleston	1772	House	The house is open to the public as a museum operated by the Charleston Museum.
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	House
Lewisfield Plantation	Moncks Corner	1774	House
Robert Pringle House	70 Tradd Street, Charleston	1774	House
Robert Hayne House	30 King Street, Charleston	Before 1775	House
Kincaid-Anderson House	Jenkinsville	1774	House
Man-Doyle House	528 Front Street, Georgetown	1775	House
Bonham House	Saluda, SC	1780	House
Blocker House	Route 25, near Edgefield	1790 c.	House
Seibels House	Columbia	1796	House	Oldest house in the state capital
Elizabeth Hext House	207 Hancock Street, Beaufort	1800	House	One of the earliest surviving houses using tabby concrete. Dated with dendochronology.
Congregation Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim	Charleston	1840	Synagogue	Oldest Jewish synagogue in South Carolina

List of the oldest buildings in South Carolina facts for kids

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