John Vaun House

John Vaun House is a house in , which is located on King Street. John Vaun House is situated nearby to the art gallery , as well as near .
  • Type: House
  • Address: 98 King Street, Charleston, SC 29401
  • Roof shape: gabled

Places of Interest Nearby

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

Public building
Photo: ProfReader, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 420 feet northeast of John Vaun House.

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 710 feet northwest of John Vaun House.

Public building
Photo: ProfReader, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a Neoclassical building in , designed by Irish architect James Hoban. It was a likely model for Hoban's most famous building, the , and both buildings are modeled after , the current seat of the Irish Parliament in . is situated 520 feet northeast of John Vaun 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 , , , 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.

John Vaun House

Latitude
32.77555° or 32° 46′ 32″ north
Longitude
-79.93246° or 79° 55′ 57″ west
Elevation
7 feet (2 metres)
Inception
1742
Levels
3
Height
36 feet (11 metres)
Open location code
8742Q3G9+62
Open­Street­Map ID
way 302674810
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­detached
Open­Street­Map attribute
roof-shape=­gabled
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