List of the oldest buildings in South Carolina facts for kids
South Carolina is home to many amazing old buildings that tell stories about the past. This article lists some of the oldest buildings still standing in the state. These include houses, churches, and other important structures.
Some of the dates for these buildings are guesses. They are based on clues like studying tree rings in the wood, looking closely at how the buildings were made, and checking old records. Many of these buildings were built before the United States became a country, during a time called the American colonial period.
What Makes a Building "Old" for This List?
To be included in this list, a building must meet one of these rules:
- It was built before 1776, which is when the American Revolution started.
- It is the oldest building in its town, city, or county.
- It is the oldest of its kind, like the oldest church or government building.
A Look at South Carolina's Oldest Buildings
| Building | Image | Location | Year Built | Original Use | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middleburg Plantation | Huger | 1699 | House | ||
| Medway (Mount Holly, South Carolina) | Mount Holly | 1704–1705 | House | The main part of this house was actually built even earlier, in 1686. | |
| Old St. Andrew's Parish Church | Charleston | 1706 | Church | This is the oldest church building in all of 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 | Storage for Gunpowder | This is the state's oldest public building. You can visit it! | |
| Mulberry Plantation | U.S. 52, Moncks Corners | 1714 | House | ||
| Hanover House | Clemson University, Anderson | 1714 | House | This house was moved to Clemson University in the 1940s when its original spot was flooded to create Lake Moultrie. | |
| John Lining House | 106 Broad Street, Charleston | Before 1715 | House | Today, this house is used as a law office. | |
| Elizabeth O'Neill Verner House | 38 Tradd Street, Charleston | 1718 | House | This house is often talked about with the house next door at 40 Tradd Street. | |
| Bullock Buildings – 40 Tradd Street | 40 Tradd Street, Charleston | 1718 | House | This house is often talked about with the house next door at 38 Tradd Street. | |
| 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 | This house has been divided into 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 | This plantation is now 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 here now. | |
| 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 | This building is now used for businesses. | |
| 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 this house and the one next door around 1740. | |
| Pirate House | 143–145 Church Street, South Carolina | 1740 | House | Alexander Peronneau built this house and the one next door around 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 a museum that you can visit. | |
| Thorntree | Kingstree | 1749 | House | ||
| Cabbage Row | 83–85 Church Street, Charleston | 1749–1750 | House | ||
| David Ramsay House | 92 Broad Street, Charleston | Before 1750 | House | This house is now 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 house next door ten years later. | |
| Middleton Place | Summerville | 1755 | House | The part of the building that remains was originally a guest house. Middleton Place is open for tours. | |
| 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 | This house is now 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 | This might be the oldest house in Beaufort, possibly 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 | These houses are now 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 | This 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 house next door ten years 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 with the same name is in this building today. | |
| St. Stephens Episcopal Church | St. Stephen | 1767–1769 | Church | ||
| Exchange and Provost | 122 East Bay Street, Charleston | 1767-177 | Royal Custom House | This building is now 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 | This was the home 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 | Only the detached kitchen building remains from the original structure. It has been turned into a 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 | around 1770 | House | ||
| Pegues Place | Wallace | around 1770 | House | ||
| Laurance Corley House | 231 Fox Street, Lexington | 1771 | House | This house is now on the grounds of the Lexington County Museum. It's the oldest building in 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 | This house is open to the public as a 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 | around 1790 | House | ||
| Seibels House | Columbia | 1796 | House | This is the oldest house in Columbia, the state capital. | |
| Elizabeth Hext House | 207 Hancock Street, Beaufort | 1800 | House | This is one of the earliest houses still standing that used a special kind of concrete called "tabby concrete." | |
| Congregation Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim | Charleston | 1840 | Synagogue | This is the oldest Jewish synagogue in South Carolina. |
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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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