Robert Barnwell Rhett House

Robert Barnwell Rhett House
(U.S. National Historic Landmark)

Location:	6 Thomas St., Charleston, South Carolina
Coordinates:	32°47′10″N 79°56′33″W / 32.78611, -79.9425Coordinates: 32°47′10″N 79°56′33″W / 32.78611, -79.9425
Built/Founded:	1844
Architect:	Unknown
Architectural style(s):	Other
Designated as NHL:	November 07, 1973^[1]
Added to NRHP:	November 07, 1973^[2]
NRHP Reference#:	73001691
Governing body:	Private

Robert Barnwell Rhett House was the home of Robert Barnwell Rhett, an extreme secessionist politician. He opposed John C. Calhoun to lead the Bluffton Movement for separate state action on the Tariff of 1842. Rhett was one of the leading fire-eaters at the Nashville Convention of 1850, which failed to endorse his aim of secession.

The South Carolina Department of Archives and History summary is here.^[4]

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b Robert Barnwell Rhett House. National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved on 2008-03-16.
^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
^ Benjamin Levy (January 29, 1973), National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: PDF (32 KB), National Park Service and Accompanying two photos, exterior, from 1973PDF (32 KB)
^ Robert Barnwell Rhett House, Charleston County (6 Thomas St., Charleston). National Register Properties in South Carolina listing. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved on 2008-03-16.

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