Sword Gate House

The Sword Gate House is a historic house in . Built in stages, the main portion of the house is believed to have been built around 1803, possibly by French Huguenots James LaRoche and J.
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  • Type: House
  • Description: historic house in Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A.
  • Address: 32 Legare Street, Charleston, SC 29401

Places of Interest Nearby

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

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. is situated 930 feet north of Sword Gate House.

Public building
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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 1,100 feet northeast of Sword Gate House.

House
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The is a historic house at 104-106 Tradd Street in . Built in 1772, four years before the American Revolution, it is the city's oldest known example of a side-hall plan house.

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 , , United States, 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.

Sword Gate House

Latitude
32.77406° or 32° 46′ 27″ north
Longitude
-79.93369° or 79° 56′ 1″ west
Inception
1803
Levels
3
Height
52 feet (16 metres)
Roof shape
hipped
Open location code
8742Q3F8+JG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 264490719
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­detached
Wiki­data ID
Q7659268
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