National Historic Landmark · house · Charleston, South Carolina

Rutledge, Edward, House

Historic house in South Carolina, United States in Charleston, South Carolina. Built 1760. Added to the National Register in 1971, and a National Historic Landmark.

National Historic LandmarkBuilt 1760Listed 1971
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What it is

Wikipedia · Edward Rutledge House

The Edward Rutledge House, is a historic house at 117 Broad Street in Charleston, South Carolina. This 18th-century house was built in 1760 for James Laurens, a Charleston merchant, who left in 1768 and moved to France. It was first rented to and later sold to Edward Rutledge, the home of Founding Father Edward Rutledge (1749–1800), a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence and later Governor of South Carolina. Despite many changes to the house, it retains its 18th-century core dating to about 1760, and was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1971.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
Address117 Broad St., Charleston, SC
CountyCharleston County
ListedNov 11, 1971
Reference number71000751
Built1760
Type of placehouse
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark
Contributing resources1 buildings

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

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Address117 Broad St., Charleston, SC
Coordinates32.77628, -79.93370 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitFort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park · 4 mi · on Park Atlas
Federal campgrounds nearbyBuck Hall Recreation Area 28 mi
Listing on the Register does not open the door. Unless a museum or park runs it, treat this as private property and see it from the sidewalk.

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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 71000751. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.