John Rutledge House
Historic Property
Street Address:
116 Broad Street
Site card for S108042000100231000
Date Surveyed:
circa 1972
Number of Stories:
3 1/2
Exterior Walls Materials:
Brick;Stucco; ;
Roof Shape:
Gable
Signficant Architectural Features:
C. end of 18th century. Commercial. The main house was built prior to the Revolution of Lowcountry brick, but the house was redecorated in 1853 to add its intricate ironwork balcony, veranda, fence, and the terra cotta pediments over the windows. The interior has parquet floors and there are eight marble mantels. The ironwork displays the palmetto tree and the Federal eagle, a testimony to John Rutledge, the man the house was built to accomodate. John Rutledge served his native state as President of the Republic of S.C., governor of the state; associate justice and briefly chief justice of the Supreme Court of the U.S.; chief justice of S.C.; and congressman. The house sits three full stories upon a high basement with a large pediment at the roof level. It is a double house with numerous outbuildings to the rear. The building is cornered with quoins.
Survey:
Historic Charleston Foundation Survey 1972
Archives Location:
Box 1, Series 108042, Survey of historic resources (county by county data on surface properties), circa 1971-2014
