Denmark Vesey House

Commonly known as the Denmark Vesey House, the house located at 56 Bull Street in was for a long time thought to be the house once inhabited by black abolitionist Denmark Vesey.
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  • Type: House
  • Description: historic house in South Carolina, United States
  • Also known as: “Denmark Vesey House,”
  • Address: 56 Bull Street, Charleston, SC 29401

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bethel United Methodist Church and Mace Brown Museum of Natural History.

Church
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Bethel Methodist Church is a congregation and the building located at 57 Pitt St. The congregation organized in the late eighteenth century and originally built a smaller wooden church on the site. is situated 600 feet north of Denmark Vesey House.

Museum
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The is a public natural history museum situated on the campus of The College of Charleston, a public liberal arts college in Charleston, South Carolina. is situated 1,000 feet northeast of Denmark Vesey House.

is located at 222 Calhoun Street, . It is the oldest Methodist church still standing in the city. is situated 820 feet north of Denmark Vesey House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Charleston and Ansonborough.

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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.

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.

Quarter
is a neighborhood in downtown , named after slave trader Joseph Wragg, and noted for its association with the slave trade.

Denmark Vesey House

Latitude
32.78234° or 32° 46′ 56″ north
Longitude
-79.94128° or 79° 56′ 29″ west
Inception
1800
Levels
1
Height
16 feet (5 metres)
Roof shape
gabled
Named after
Denmark Vesey
Open location code
8742Q3J5+WF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 446607686
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­detached
Wiki­data ID
Q5257950
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