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: Carter-May House
  • Address: 117 Broad Street, Charleston, SC 29401
  • Roof shape: hipped

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist and United States Post Office and Courthouse.

Church
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.

Public building
The U.S. Post Office and Courthouse is a historic and courthouse located at in . The building and its annexes serve the federal court for the Charleston Division of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina. is situated 700 feet east of Edward Rutledge House.

Museum
The , formerly known as the Gibbes Art Gallery, is an art museum in . Established as the Carolina Art Association in 1858, the museum moved into a new Beaux Arts building at 135 Meeting Street, in the Charleston Historic District, in 1905. is situated 1,100 feet northeast of Edward Rutledge House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include French Quarter and Ansonborough.

Quarter
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.

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.

Edward Rutledge House

Latitude
32.77603° or 32° 46′ 34″ north
Longitude
-79.9336° or 79° 56′ 1″ west
Inception
1760
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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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include John Rutledge House and Col. Thomas Pinckney House.

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