Built before the American Revolution, this house was the residence of John Rutledge (1739-1800), first Governor of the State of South Carolina. He was President of South Carolina from 1776 to 1778, Governor from 1779 to 1782, a signer of the U. S. Constitution in 1787, Chief Justice of South Carolina from 1791 to 1795, and Chief Justice of the United States in 1795. The house was altered in 1853 by P. H. Hammarskold, who added the ornamental iron.
