Robert Brewton House

Robert Brewton House

1983 picture from the Historic American Buildings Survey.
Location 71 Church Street,
Charleston, South Carolina
Coordinates 32°46′28″N 79°55′46.2″W / 32.77444°N 79.929500°W / 32.77444; -79.929500Coordinates: 32°46′28″N 79°55′46.2″W / 32.77444°N 79.929500°W / 32.77444; -79.929500
Built 1721
Architect Unknown
Architectural style Other
Part of Charleston Historic District (#66000964)
NRHP Reference # 66000700
Significant dates
Added to NRHP October 15, 1966[1]
Designated NHL October 9, 1960[2]
Designated NHLDCP October 9, 1960

The Robert Brewton House is a historic house at 71 Church Street in Charleston, South Carolina. With a construction date at or before 1730, it is the oldest dated example of a "single" house. A single house is one room wide, with the narrow end towards the street, the better to catch cool breezes. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1960.[2][3]

Description and history

The house is set on a narrow lot on the west side of Church Street in Old Charleston.

The house was built between 1701 and 1715, acquired by Miles Brewton and given to his son Robert Brewton. A 1733 deed of gift by Miles Brewton to his daughter Dale of the neighboring house at 73 Church St., also refers to his son's house, separated by a 3 foot alley. Robert Brewton succeeded his father as Powder Receiver in 1745, when he sold the house to his sister Rebecca Brewton and her husband Jordan Roche.[4][5]

The house is a rectangular hip-roofed brick structure, three stories in height, presenting three bays to the front, with a narrow driveway to the south to which the house presents five bays and its main entrance. It has stuccoed corner quoining, and decorative stuccoed keystone elements over the windows. The building is known to have had a porch across the main facade; it was not original to the building, and was removed at an unknown date. The house was purchased for Robert Brewton by his father, Miles Brewton, whose house on King Street is also a National Historic Landmark.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 "Robert Brewton House". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved 2008-02-16.
  3. 1 2 James Dillon (February 15, 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Robert Brewton House" (pdf). National Park Service. and Accompanying 3 photos, exterior and interior, from 1969 and 1975 (32 KB)
  4. ↑ Smith, Alice R. Huger; Smith, D.E. Huger (2007). The Dwelling Houses of Charleston. Charleston: The History Press. pp. 26–29. ISBN 9781596292611.
  5. ↑ "The Colonel Robert Brewton House". ccpl.org. Charleston County Public Library. Retrieved 9 August 2017.

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