Sword Gate House
The Sword Gate House is a historic house in Charleston, South Carolina. 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.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: House
- Description: historic house in Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A.
- Also known as: “The Sword Gate House”
- Address: 32 Legare Street, Charleston, SC 29401
- Roof shape: hipped
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Nathaniel Russell House and Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist.
Nathaniel Russell House
Museum
Photo: DDima, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Nathaniel Russell House is an architecturally distinguished, early 19th-century house at 51 Meeting Street in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Nathaniel Russell House is situated 770 feet east of Sword Gate House.
Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist
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 Charleston, South Carolina. Designed by Brooklyn architect Patrick Keely, the construction of the cathedral started in 1890 to replace a cathedral that burned down in 1861. Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist is situated 930 feet north of Sword Gate House.
Colonel John Stuart House
House
Photo: ProfReader, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Colonel John Stuart House is a historic house at 104-106 Tradd Street in Charleston, South Carolina. 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.
French Quarter
Quarter
Photo: BrineStans, CC BY 3.0.
The French Quarter is a historic district and a section of downtown Charleston, South Carolina, United States, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Ansonborough
Quarter
Ansonborough is a neighborhood in Charleston, South Carolina. 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.
Charleston
Charleston is the largest and oldest city in the state of South Carolina 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
- Categories: historic house, building, and residential building
- Location: Charleston County, South Carolina, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.77406° or 32° 46′ 27″ northLongitude
-79.93369° or 79° 56′ 1″ westLevels
3Height
52 feet (16 metres)Open location code
8742Q3F8+JGOpenStreetMap ID
way 264490719OpenStreetMap feature
building=detachedOpenStreetMap attribute
roof-shape=hippedWikidata ID
Q7659268
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In Other Languages
“Sword Gate House” goes by many names.
- French: “Sword Gate House”
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