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Edward Rutledge House

The Edward Rutledge House, also known as the Carter-May House and now The Governor's House Inn, is a historic house at 117 Broad Street in .
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  • Type: House
  • Description: historic house in South Carolina, United States
  • Also known as: “The Edward Rutledge House”
  • Address: 117 Broad Street, Charleston, SC 29401
  • Roof shape: hipped

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Diocese of Charleston and Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist.

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The is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church for the state of in the United States. is situated 370 feet northwest of Edward Rutledge House.

Church
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The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston, located in . Designed by Brooklyn architect Patrick Keely, the construction of the cathedral started in 1890 to replace a cathedral that burned down in 1861.

Hotel
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The Governor is a historic house at 116 Broad Street in . Completed in 1763 by an unknown architect, it was the home of Founding Father John Rutledge, a Governor of South Carolina and a signer of the United States Constitution.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include French Quarter and Ansonborough.

Quarter
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The is a historic district and a section of downtown , , , that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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.

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is the largest and oldest city in the state of in the . 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.

Edward Rutledge House

Latitude
32.77603° or 32° 46′ 34″ north
Longitude
-79.9336° or 79° 56′ 1″ west
Levels
3
Height
52 feet (16 metres)
Open location code
8742Q3G8+CH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 264218370
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­detached
Open­Street­Map attribute
roof-shape=­hipped
Wiki­data ID
Q5345149
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