National Historic Landmark-Robert Smalls House

National Historic Landmark-Robert Smalls House

This large frame house was the residence of Robert Smalls (1839-1915), former slave, State legislator (1868-74), U.S. Congressman (1875-1881) from South Carolina, and Customs Collector (1889-1913) for the Port of Beaufort.

Smalls first came to national ...

National Historic Landmark-Simmons-Edwards House

National Historic Landmark-Simmons-Edwards House

Constructed about 1800, this three story structure with noteworthy outbuildings and landscaped garden is one of Charleston's finest examples of a single house.

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Photo courtesy Library of Congress Historic American Building Survey

National Historic Landmark-Saint Michael's Episcopal Church

National Historic Landmark- Saint Michael's Episcopal Church

Completed in 1761, this is an ecclesiastical architectural monument of the colonial period.

A two story Roman Doric open portico, the first such portico built on a Georgian church, dominates the facade.

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National Historic Landmark-Edward Rutledge House

National Historic Landmark- Edward Rutledge House

From 1787 until his death, this was the residence of Edward Rutledge (1749-1800), a delegate to the Continental Congress (1774-77), where he signed the Declaration of Independence, and Governor of South Carolina (1798-1800).

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National Historic Landmark-John Rutledge House

National Historic Landmark- John Rutledge House

From 1763 until his death, this large three story brick structure was the home of John Rutledge (1739-1800), older brother of Edward, who served in the Continental Congress (1774-76, 1782-83), was Governor of South Carolina ...

National Historic Landmark-Nathaniel Russell House

National Historic Landmark- Nathaniel Russell House

This three story brick residence, built about 1809 by a wealthy South Carolina merchant, is an excellent example of Federal style architecture, with delicate, intricate interior detail typifying the mature American Adamesque manner.

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National Historic Landmark-Robert William Roper House

National Historic Landmark- Robert William Roper House

This brick residence of grandiose scale and monumental features is in many ways one of the most splendid houses of its period.

Its giant-order Ionic pentastyle portico is unusual among Greek Revival houses in ...

National Historic Landmark-Robert Barnwell Rhett House

National Historic Landmark- Robert Barnwell Rhett House

This large clapboard frame dwelling was the residence of Robert Barnwell Rhett (1800-1876), known as the Great Secessionist and one of the most effective and prominent of that circle of proslavery fire-eating radicals. ...

National Historic Landmark-Joseph H. Rainey House

National Historic Landmark- Joseph Hayne Rainey House

Joseph Hayne Rainey (1832-1887), the first Black person to serve in the United States House of Representatives (1870-79), served longer than any of his Black contemporaries.

The election of Rainey and of Hiram R. ...

National Historic Landmark-Powder Magazine

National Historic Landmark- Powder Magazine

The Powder Magazine is a visible reminder of the era of the Lord Proprietors and their founding government of the Carolinas; of the fortifications which protected the city and made Charleston one of the three fortified ...