Thomas Rose House

Thomas Rose House
Location 57–59 Church St.
Charleston, South Carolina
Coordinates 32°46′24″N 79°55′46″W / 32.77333°N 79.92944°W / 32.77333; -79.92944Coordinates: 32°46′24″N 79°55′46″W / 32.77333°N 79.92944°W / 32.77333; -79.92944
Area 0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built 1733
Architectural style Georgian
NRHP reference # 70000892[1]
Added to NRHP October 15, 1970

The Thomas Rose House is a National Register property located at 59 Church St. in Charleston, South Carolina.[2][3] The ​2 1⁄2-story stuccoed brick house was probably built by planter Thomas Rose in 1733. Thomas Rose House was built on a lot granted through the King's Lords Proprietor to Elizabeth Willis in 1680 — "one of the few grants given to a woman.[4]" Thomas Rose constructed the house on the original Charles Town Lot no. 61, inherited by his wife, Beuler Elliott, replacing an earlier dwelling. The house has excellent examples of original Georgian woodwork in the paneling, staircase, and elsewhere. In the twentieth century an owner razed a neighboring house on the adjoining lot to the south to accommodate a large garden.

References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Fant, Mrs. James W. (August 29, 1970). "Thomas Rose House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
  3. ↑ "Thomas Rose House, Charleston County (57-59 Church St., Charleston)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
  4. ↑ Parker, Jim. "High-end Charleston real estate agency lists 280-year-old 'historically significant' residence at 59 Church St. for $5.6 million". Post and Courier. Retrieved 2017-10-29.
  • Robert Stockton, Information for Guides of Historic Charleston, South Carolina 190 (1985).


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