Denmark Vesey House

Commonly known as the Denmark Vesey House, the house located at 56 Bull Street in was for a long time thought to be the house once inhabited by black abolitionist Denmark Vesey.
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  • Type: Historical site
  • Description: historic house in South Carolina, United States
  • Also known as: Denmark Vesey House,

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bethel United Methodist Church and Mace Brown Museum of Natural History.

Church
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Bethel Methodist Church is a congregation and the building located at 57 Pitt St. The congregation organized in the late eighteenth century and originally built a smaller wooden church on the site. is situated 610 feet north of Denmark Vesey House.

Museum
The is a public natural history museum situated on the campus of The College of Charleston, a public liberal arts college in Charleston, South Carolina. is situated 1,000 feet northeast of Denmark Vesey House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Charleston and Ansonborough.

is the largest and oldest city in the state of in the United States of America. Its historic downtown is on a peninsula formed by two rivers, the Ashley and the Cooper, flowing into the Atlantic, and protected from the open ocean by surrounding islands.

Quarter
is a neighborhood in . In 1726, Captain George Anson acquired a 64-acre tract from Thomas Gadsden. Anson's lands were divided into smaller parcels for development, and several streets were named either for his ships or for himself: George and Anson, Scarborough and Squirrel, and Centurion.

Quarter
is a neighborhood in downtown , named after slave trader Joseph Wragg, and noted for its association with the slave trade.

Denmark Vesey House

Latitude
32.78233° or 32° 46′ 56″ north
Longitude
-79.94125° or 79° 56′ 29″ west
Elevation
23 feet (7 metres)
Open location code
8742Q3J5+WG
Geo­Names ID
10377059
Wiki­data ID
Q5257950
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