Rhett, Robert Barnwell, House
Historic house in South Carolina, United States in Charleston, South Carolina. Added to the National Register in 1973, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The Robert Barnwell Rhett House is a historic house at 6 Thomas Street in Charleston, South Carolina. A National Historic Landmark, it is significant as the home of Robert Barnwell Rhett, a leading secessionist politician. He opposed John C. Calhoun to lead the Bluffton Movement for separate state action on the Tariff of 1842. Rhett was one of the leading fire-eaters at the Nashville Convention of 1850, which failed to endorse his aim of secession.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | 6 Thomas St., Charleston, SC |
| County | Charleston County |
| Listed | Nov 7, 1973 |
| Reference number | 73001691 |
| Type of place | house |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 buildings |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | 6 Thomas St., Charleston, SC |
| Coordinates | 32.78629, -79.94232 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park · 5 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Buck Hall Recreation Area 28 mi |
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Nearby in Charleston County
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Sources
Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 73001691. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.