Simmons-Edwards House

The large, neoclassical Simmons-Edwards House 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.
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  • Type: House
  • Description: Charleston, SC, listed on the NRHP in South Carolina
  • Also known as: “The Simmons-Edwards House”
  • Address: 14 Legare Street, Charleston, SC 29401
  • Roof shape: hipped

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Nathaniel Russell House and Cleland Kinloch and Burnet R. Maybank Huger House.

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The is an architecturally distinguished, early 19th-century house at 51 Meeting Street in , , . is situated 880 feet northeast of Simmons-Edwards House.

House
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The is a house in , which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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.

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 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.

Simmons-Edwards House

Latitude
32.77279° or 32° 46′ 22″ north
Longitude
-79.93369° or 79° 56′ 1″ west
Levels
3
Height
59 feet (18 metres)
Open location code
8742Q3F8+4G
Open­Street­Map ID
way 264490707
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­detached
Open­Street­Map attribute
roof-shape=­hipped
Wiki­data ID
Q7517981
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