List of the oldest buildings in South Carolina

Table columns:
Building
Image
Location
Year built
Original use
Notes

Table rows:
cells: Middleburg Plantation
Huger
1699
House
cells: Medway (Mount Holly, South Carolina)
Mount Holly
1704–1705
House
cells: St. Andrews Episcopal Church (Charleston, South Carolina)
Charleston
1706
Church
Oldest church building in South Carolina
cells: St. James Church (Goose Creek, South Carolina)
Goose Creek
1708
Church
cells: Col. William Rhett House
54 Hasell Street, Charleston
1712
House
cells: Pink House
17 Chalmers Street, Charleston
1712
House
cells: Powder Magazine
79 Cumberland Street, Charleston
1713
Charleston's powder magazine
The Powder Magazine is now open to the public as a small museum.
cells: Mulberry Plantation
U.S. 52, Moncks Corners
1714
House
cells: 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.
cells: John Lining House
106 Broad Street, Charleston
Before 1715[1]
House
The house is now used as a law office.
cells: Elizabeth O'Neill Verner House
38 Tradd Street, Charleston
1718[2]
House
Often described together with adjacent 40 Tradd St. as the Bullock buildings.
cells: Bullock Buildings – 40 Tradd Street
40 Tradd Street, Charleston
1718[3]
House
Often described together with adjacent 38 Tradd St. as the Bullock buildings.
cells: Nicholas Trott House
85 Cumberland Street, Charleston
1719
House
cells: John's Island Presbyterian Church
Johns Island, South Carolina
1719
Church
cells: William Bull House
35 Meeting Street, Charleston
1720[4]
House
cells: Elizabeth Hext House
207 Hancock Street, Beaufort
1720[5]
House
One of the earliest surviving houses using tabby concrete
cells: Robert Brewton House
71 Church Street, Charleston
1721
House
cells: 23 King Street
23 King Street, Charleston
1721–1755
House
The house has been divided in apartments.
cells: Strawberry Chapel
Strawberry Chapel Road, near Cordesville
1725
Church
cells: Thomas Fleming House
65 Broad Street, Charleston
1725–1740[6]
House
cells: Lamboll's Tenements
8-10 Tradd Street, Charleston
1726[7]
House
cells: Christ Church
Mount Pleasant
1726
Church
cells: John Cowan House
50 King Street, Charleston
1729–1730[8]
House
cells: Edgar Wells House
52 King Street, Charleston
1729–1730[9]
House
cells: Fairfield Plantation
McClellanville
1730
House
cells: Fenwick Hall
Johns Island
1730
House
cells: Col. George Chicken House
49 Tradd Street, Charleston
1731[10]
House
cells: Dr. William Cleland House
60 Tradd Street, Charleston
1732
House
cells: Dr. Peter Fayssoux House
126 Tradd Street, Charleston
1732[11]
House
cells: Thomas Rose House
59 Church Street, Charleston
1733
House
cells: Thomas Dale House
73 Church Street, Charleston
1733[12]
House
cells: Dr. Henry Frost Office
98 Broad Street, Charleston
1735[13]
House
cells: Hampton Plantation
McClellanville
1735
House
The plantation is now operated as a state park.
cells: Hopsewee
South of Georgetown
1735
House
cells: Hext Tenements
51-53 Tradd Street, Charleston
1736[14]
House
cells: Allston-Read House
405 Front Street, Georgetown
1737[15]
House
cells: William Elliott House
75 King Street, Charleston
Before 1739[16]
House
cells: Thomas Lamboll House
19 King Street, Charleston
1739
House
A bed and breakfast operates out of the house.
cells: Lucas Stearns House
719 Prince Street, Georgetown
1739[15]
House
cells: Masonic Lodge
Georgetown
1740[15]
Inn
cells: William Vanderhorst House
54 Tradd Street, Charleston
1740[17]
House
cells: Clark Mills Studio
51–53 Broad Street, Charleston
1740
House
The building is now used as commercial space.
cells: Benjamin Smith House
49 Broad Street, Charleston
1740[18]
House
cells: George Ducat House
56 Tradd Street, Charleston
1740[19]
House
cells: Alexander Gillon House
12 Gillon Street, South Carolina
1740[20]
House
cells: Alexander Peronneau Tenements
141 Church Street, South Carolina
1740[21]
House
Alexander Peronneau built both this single tenement house and the neighboring double tenement at 143-145 Church St. circa 1740.
cells: Pirate House
143–145 Church Street, South Carolina
1740[22]
House
Alexander Peronneau built both this double tenement house and the neighboring single tenement at 141 Church St. circa 1740.
cells: George Sommers House
43 East Bay Street, Charleston
1740[23]
House
cells: Isaac Holmes Tenement
107 Church Street, Charleston
1740[24]
House
cells: Withers-Porter House
316 Screven Street, Georgetown
1740[15]
House
cells: Hall-Sellars House
331 Screven Street, Georgetown
1740[15]
House
cells: Anne Boone House
47 East Bay Street, Charleston
After 1740[25]
House
cells: Othniel Beale Houses
95–101 East Bay Street, Charleston
After 1740[26]
House
cells: Stiles-Hinson House
940 Paul Revere Drive, Charleston
1742
House
cells: Brunch-Hall House
36 Meeting Street, Charleston
1743[27]
House
cells: George Eveleigh House
39 Church Street, Charleston
1743[28]
House
cells: George Mathews House
37 Church Street, Charleston
1743[29]
House
cells: John McCall House
19 Tradd Street, Charleston
1745[30]
House
cells: Taylor-Haselden House
1032 Front Street, Georgetown
1745[15]
House
cells: Brewton's Corner Dependencies
35 Tradd Street, South Carolina
Before 1747[31]
House
cells: John Prue House
41 King Street, Charleston
1746[32]
House
cells: Jonathan Badger Tenements
41–43 Tradd Street, Charleston
1746–1772[33]
House
cells: John Drayton House
2 Ladson Street, Charleston
After 1746[34]
House
cells: Capt. Francis Baker House
79 King Street, Charleston
1747–1749[35]
House
cells: Drayton Hall
near Charleston
1747–1752
House
Drayton Hall is now open to the public as a museum house.
cells: Thorntree
Kingstree
1749
House
cells: Cabbage Row
83–85 Church Street, Charleston
1749–1750[36]
House
cells: David Ramsay House
92 Broad Street, Charleston
Before 1750[37]
House
The house is used as a law office.
cells: Capers-Motte House
69 Church Street, Charleston
1750[38]
House
cells: Stewart-Congdon-Farrelly House
513 Prince Street, Georgetown
1750[15]
House
cells: Ward-Bull House
614 Prince Street, Georgetown
1750[15]
House
cells: Oakland Plantation
Mount Pleasant
1750
House
cells: Beneventum Plantation House
Georgetown
1750
House
cells: Daniel Cannon Tenement
45 Queen Street, Charleston
1750[39]
House
cells: Prince George Winyah Episcopal Church
Broad and Highmarket Streets, Georgetown
1750
Church
cells: Grimke-Fraser House
102 Tradd Street, Charleston
Mid-18th century[40]
House
cells: Reardon House
Kingstree
1750–1770
House
cells: Fleming-Jenkinson House
Academy Street, Kingstree
1750–1775
House
cells: St. Michael's Episcopal Church
80 Broad Street, Charleston
1751–1761
Church
cells: James Veree Houses
58 Church Street, Charleston
1754[41]
House
James Veree built this house in 1754 and the neighboring house at 60 Church St. a decade later.
cells: 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.
cells: Ralph Izard House
110 Broad Street, Charleston
Before September 1757
House
cells: Mansion House Hotel Annex
67–69 Broad Street, Charleston
1758–1765[42]
House
cells: Ann Bocquet House
104 Broad Street, Charleston
After 1758[43]
House
cells: Charles Elliott House
43 Legare Street, Charleston
1759[44]
House
cells: Justinus Stoll House
7 Stoll's Alley, Charleston
1759[45]
House
cells: Peter Leger House
90 Church Street, Charleston
1759–1760[46]
House
cells: Edward Rutledge House
117 Broad Street, Charleston
1760[47]
House
The house is used as a bed and breakfast.
cells: Cleland-Wells House
58 Tradd Street, Charleston
1760
House
cells: James Simmons House
37 Meeting Street, Charleston
1760
House
cells: William Cooper House
Indiantown
1760
House
cells: Samuel Wainwright House
94 Tradd Street, Charleston
1760
House
cells: Thomas Hepworth House
214 New Street, Beaufort
1760[48]
House
Possibly the oldest house in Beaufort, South Carolina.
cells: Joseph H. Rainey House
909 Prince Street, Georgetown
1760
House
cells: Bolen-Bellune House
222 Broad Street, Georgetown
1760[15]
House
cells: Harold Kaminski House
1003 Front Street, Georgetown
1760[15]
House
cells: Pawley-Parker House
1019 Front Street, Georgetown
1760[15]
House
cells: Humley-Miller House
331 Screven Street, Georgetown
1760[15]
House
cells: Daniel Elliott Huger House
34 Meeting Street, Charleston
1760
House
cells: Pacey House
601 Highmarket Street, Georgetown
1760[15]
House
cells: Daniel Legare House
79 Anson Street, Charleston
1760[49]
House
cells: 25 Meeting Street
25 Meeting Street, Charleston
1760[50]
House
cells: Tucker-Smith-Tarbox House
15 Cannon Street, Georgetown
1760[15]
House
cells: Cooper-Bee House
94 Church Street, South Carolina
1760–1765[51]
House
cells: Thomas Elfe House
54 Queen Street, South Carolina
1760–1770[52]
House
cells: Edward Blake House
1 Legare Street, Charleston
1760–1770[53]
House
cells: Blake Tenements
2–4 Courthouse Square, Charleston
1760–1772
Rental townhouses
The houses are used as offices for Charleston County.
cells: Grimke-Fraser Tenements
55 King Street, Charleston
1762[54]
House
cells: Dewar-Lee-Pringle House
92 Tradd Street, Charleston
1762[55]
House
cells: John Rutledge House
116 Broad Street, Charleston
1763
House
The house is used as a bed-and-breakfast.
cells: Pompion Hill Chapel
Huger
1763
Church
cells: Charles Elliott House
22 Legare Street, Charleston
1764
House
cells: James Veree Houses
60 Church Street, Charleston
1764[56]
House
James Veree built this house in 1764 and the neighboring house at 58 Church St. a decade earlier.
cells: Fotheringham-McNeil Tenements
72 Tradd Street, Charleston
Before 1765[57]
House
cells: Humphrey Sommers House
128 Tradd Street, Charleston
1765[58]
House
cells: Branford-Horry House
59 Meeting Street, Charleston
Before 1767
House
cells: Old St. Michael's Rectory
39 Meeting Street, Charleston
1767
House
cells: McCrady's Tavern and Long Room
153 East Bay Street, Charleston
1767
House
A restaurant by the same name operates in the building.
cells: St. Stephens Episcopal Church
St. Stephen
1767–1769
Church
cells: Exchange and Provost
122 East Bay Street, Charleston
1767-177
Royal custom house
The building is open as a museum.
cells: William Washington House
8 South Battery, Charleston
1768
House
cells: Elizabeth Petrie House
3 Orange Street, Charleston
1768[59]
House
cells: St. James Episcopal Church
Georgetown
1768
Church
cells: Miles Brewton House
27 King Street, Charleston
1769
House
cells: Charles Pinckney House
7 Orange Street, Charleston
1769[60]
House
cells: Young-Keenan House
14 Water Street, Charleston
1769[61]
House
cells: John Rose House
43 Church Street, Charleston
1769–1775[62]
House
cells: Rev. Robert Smith House
6 Glebe Street, Charleston
1770
House
Residence of the president of the College of Charleston
cells: Peter Bocquet, Jr. House
95 Broad Street, Charleston
1770
House
cells: McGrath House
220 Queen Street, Georgetown
1770[15]
House
cells: Humley-Miller House
1024 Front Street, Georgetown
1770[15]
House
cells: Fraser House
1028 Front Street, Georgetown
1770[15]
House
cells: Simons Tenements
9–11 Orange Street, Charleston
1770[63]
House
cells: Greenwich Plantation
320 St. James Street, Georgetown
1773[15]
House
All of the original building that remains is the detached kitchen, later converted into an art studio and then house.
cells: Young-Motte House
30 Meeting Street, Charleston
1770
House
cells: Albert Detmar House
23 Meeting Street, Charleston
1770[64]
House
cells: Withers-Kaminski House
622 Highmarket Street, Georgetown
1770[15]
House
cells: John Edwards House
15 Meeting Street, Charleston
1770
House
cells: Young-Johnson House
35 Church Street, Charleston
1770[65]
House
cells: William Harvey House
58 Meeting Street, Charleston
1770
House
cells: James Vanderhorst House
46–48 Tradd Street, Charleston
1770[66]
House
cells: Heyward-Washington House
87 Church Street, Charleston
1771
House
The house is open to the public as a museum operated by the Charleston Museum.
cells: John Scott House
38 Coming Street, Charleston
1771[67]
House
cells: Geiger House
54 Broad Street, Charleston
1771–1775[68]
House
cells: Colonel John Stuart House
104–106 Tradd Street, Charleston
1772
House
cells: John Fullerton House
15 Legare Street, Charleston
1772
House
cells: Unitarian Church
4 Archdale Street, Charleston
1772–1787
Church
cells: William Gibbes House
64 South Battery, Charleston
1772–1788
House
cells: Philip Porcher House
19 Archdale Street, Charleston
1773[69]
House
cells: Lewisfield Plantation
Moncks Corner
1774
House
cells: Robert Pringle House
70 Tradd Street, Charleston
1774[70]
House
cells: Robert Hayne House
30 King Street, Charleston
Before 1775[71]
House
cells: Blocker House
Route 25, near Edgefield
1775
House
cells: Man-Doyle House
528 Front Street, Georgetown
1775[15]
House
cells: Seibels House
Columbia
1796
House
Oldest house in the state capital
cells: Congregation Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim
Charleston
1840
Synagogue
Oldest Jewish synagogue in South Carolina

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