Anthony Toomer House

Anthony Toomer House is a house in , which is located on Legare Street. Anthony Toomer House is situated nearby to , as well as near .
  • Type: House
  • Address: 17 Legare Street, Charleston, SC 29401
  • Roof shape: hipped

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include John Fullerton House and Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist.

House
The is a historic building on Legare Street in . The house was designed and built by master builder John Fullerton some time after he bought the land on December 31, 1772, and before he resold it at a much higher cost in 1777.

Church
Photo: AlanEisen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. is situated 1,400 feet north of Anthony Toomer House.

House
Photo: ProfReader, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The large, neoclassical is a Charleston single house built for Francis Simmons, a planter, about 1800. The house, located at 14 Legare St, , is famous for its large brick gates with decorative wrought iron.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include French Quarter and Ansonborough.

Quarter
Photo: BrineStans, CC BY 3.0.
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.

Photo: shankbone, CC BY 2.0.
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.

Anthony Toomer House

Latitude
32.77256° or 32° 46′ 21″ north
Longitude
-79.93467° or 79° 56′ 5″ west
Levels
2
Height
39 feet (12 metres)
Open location code
8742Q3F8+24
Open­Street­Map ID
way 264373545
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­detached
Open­Street­Map attribute
roof-shape=­hipped
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