John Rutledge Home
This house, built before the American Revolution, was the residence of John Rutledge (1739-1800), first Governor of the State of South Carolina. He was President of South Carolina, 1776-78, and Governor, 1779-82, signer of the U. S. Constitution, 1787, Chief Justice of South Carolina 1791-95, and Chief Justice of the United States, 1795. The house was altered in 1853 by P. H. Hammarskold, who added the ornamental iron.
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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
Sponsored by South Carolina Society, Daughters of Colonial Wars
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