List of the oldest buildings in South Carolina

See also: List of the oldest buildings in the United States

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	Image	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 [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.
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 [3]	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 [4]	House
Lamboll's Tenements		8-10 Tradd Street, Charleston	1726 [5]	House
Christ Church		Mount Pleasant	1726	Church
John Cowan House		50 King Street, Charleston	1729–1730 [6]	House
Edgar Wells House		52 King Street, Charleston	1729–1730 [7]	House
Fairfield Plantation		McClellanville	1730	House
Fenwick Hall		Johns Island	1730	House
Col. George Chicken House		49 Tradd Street, Charleston	1731 [8]	House
Dr. William Cleland House		60 Tradd Street, Charleston	1732	House
Dr. Peter Fayssoux House		126 Tradd Street, Charleston	1732 [9]	House
Thomas Rose House		59 Church Street, Charleston	1733	House
Thomas Dale House		73 Church Street, Charleston	1733 [10]	House
Dr. Henry Frost Office		98 Broad Street, Charleston	1735 [11]	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 [12]	House
Allston-Read House		405 Front Street, Georgetown	1737 [13]	House
William Elliott House		75 King Street, Charleston	Before 1739 [14]	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 [13]	House
Masonic Lodge		Georgetown	1740 [13]	Inn
William Vanderhorst House		54 Tradd Street, Charleston	1740 [15]	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 [16]	House
George Ducat House		56 Tradd Street, Charleston	1740 [17]	House
Alexander Gillon House		12 Gillon Street, South Carolina	1740 [18]	House
Alexander Peronneau Tenements		141 Church Street, South Carolina	1740 [19]	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 [20]	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 [21]	House
Isaac Holmes Tenement		107 Church Street, Charleston	1740 [22]	House
Withers-Porter House		316 Screven Street, Georgetown	1740 [13]	House
Hall-Sellars House		331 Screven Street, Georgetown	1740 [13]	House
Anne Boone House		47 East Bay Street, Charleston	After 1740 [23]	House
Othniel Beale Houses		97 and 99–101 East Bay Street, Charleston	After 1740 [24]	House
Stiles-Hinson House		940 Paul Revere Drive, Charleston	1742	House
Brunch-Hall House		36 Meeting Street, Charleston	1743 [25]	House
George Eveleigh House		39 Church Street, Charleston	1743 [26]	House
George Mathews House		37 Church Street, Charleston	1743 [27]	House
John McCall House		19 Tradd Street, Charleston	1745 [28]	House
Taylor-Haselden House		1032 Front Street, Georgetown	1745 [13]	House
Brewton's Corner Dependencies		35 Tradd Street, South Carolina	Before 1747 [29]	House
John Prue House		41 King Street, Charleston	1746 [30]	House
Jonathan Badger Tenements		41–43 Tradd Street, Charleston	1746–1772 [31]	House
John Drayton House		2 Ladson Street, Charleston	After 1746 [32]	House
Capt. Francis Baker House		79 King Street, Charleston	1747–1749 [33]	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 [34]	House
David Ramsay House		92 Broad Street, Charleston	Before 1750 [35]	House	The house is used as a law office.
Capers-Motte House		69 Church Street, Charleston	1750 [36]	House
Stewart-Congdon-Farrelly House		513 Prince Street, Georgetown	1750 [13]	House
Ward-Bull House		614 Prince Street, Georgetown	1750 [13]	House
Oakland Plantation		Mount Pleasant	1750	House
Beneventum Plantation House		Georgetown	1750	House
Daniel Cannon Tenement		45 Queen Street, Charleston	1750 [37]	House
Prince George Winyah Parish Church		Broad and Highmarket Streets, Georgetown	1750	Church
Grimke-Fraser House		102 Tradd Street, Charleston	Mid-18th century [38]	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 [39]	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 [40]	House
Ann Bocquet House		104 Broad Street, Charleston	After 1758 [41]	House
Charles Elliott House		43 Legare Street, Charleston	1759 [42]	House
Justinus Stoll House		7 Stoll's Alley, Charleston	1759 [43]	House
Peter Leger House		90 Church Street, Charleston	1759–1760 [44]	House
Edward Rutledge House		117 Broad Street, Charleston	1760 [45]	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 [46]	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 [13]	House
Harold Kaminski House		1003 Front Street, Georgetown	1760 [13]	House
Pawley-Parker House		1019 Front Street, Georgetown	1760 [13]	House
Humley-Miller House		331 Screven Street, Georgetown	1760 [13]	House
Daniel Elliott Huger House		34 Meeting Street, Charleston	1760	House
Pacey House		601 Highmarket Street, Georgetown	1760 [13]	House
Daniel Legare House		79 Anson Street, Charleston	1760 [47]	House
25 Meeting Street		25 Meeting Street, Charleston	1760 [48]	House
Tucker-Smith-Tarbox House		15 Cannon Street, Georgetown	1760 [13]	House
Cooper-Bee House		94 Church Street, South Carolina	1760–1765 [49]	House
Thomas Elfe House		54 Queen Street, South Carolina	1760–1770 [50]	House
Edward Blake House		1 Legare Street, Charleston	1760–1770 [51]	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 [52]	House
Dewar-Lee-Pringle House		92 Tradd Street, Charleston	1762 [53]	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 [54]	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 [55]	House
Humphrey Sommers House		128 Tradd Street, Charleston	1765 [56]	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 [57]	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 [58]	House
Young-Keenan House		14 Water Street, Charleston	1769 [59]	House
John Rose House		43 Church Street, Charleston	1769–1775 [60]	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 [13]	House
Humley-Miller House		1024 Front Street, Georgetown	1770 [13]	House
Fraser House		1028 Front Street, Georgetown	1770 [13]	House
Simons Tenements		9–11 Orange Street, Charleston	1770 [61]	House
Greenwich Plantation		320 St. James Street, Georgetown	1773 [13]	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 [62]	House
Withers-Kaminski House		622 Highmarket Street, Georgetown	1770 [13]	House
John Edwards House		15 Meeting Street, Charleston	1770	House
Young-Johnson House		35 Church Street, Charleston	1770 [63]	House
William Harvey House		58 Meeting Street, Charleston	1770	House
James Vanderhorst House		46–48 Tradd Street, Charleston	1770 [64]	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 [65]	House
Geiger House		54 Broad Street, Charleston	1771–1775 [66]	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 [67]	House
Lewisfield Plantation		Moncks Corner	1774	House
Robert Pringle House		70 Tradd Street, Charleston	1774 [68]	House
Robert Hayne House		30 King Street, Charleston	Before 1775 [69]	House
Kincaid-Anderson House		Jenkinsville	1774	House
Man-Doyle House		528 Front Street, Georgetown	1775 [13]	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 [70]	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

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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