Laurens-Rutledge House

Description:

Black and white photograph of the general view northwest corner of the Laurens-Rutledge House, also known as the Laurens-Rutledge House, located at 117 Broad Street.

Built c. 1760 by wealthy merchant James Laurens this classic Georgian double-house has a center stairway winged by two large symmetrical rooms. Altered between 1885 and 1890 to add Victorian features, the original five-bay center section, floors, fireplaces and triple-hung windows still remain. The house was bought by Edward Rutledge, the youngest signee of the Declaration of Independence, in 1788 where he lived until his death in 1800 while Governor of South Carolina. The exterior was altered again in 1935 to a Colonial Revival style facade. The building now operates as The Governors Inn, a bed and breakfast named for Edward Rutledge.

Photographer Charles N. Bayless, funded by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, photographed and recorded the Carolina Lowcountry between 1970 and 1988. The South Carolina Project took place between 1977 and 1979.

• Title: Laurens-Rutledge House
• Photographer: Bayless, Charles Nield, 1914-1991
• Date: 1977-1979

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• Collection: Photograph Collection
• Object Name: HABS South Carolina Project
• Object Id: MK 12004

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