The Samuel Wainwright House

The Samuel Wainwright House (HMWDL)

Location: Charleston, SC 29401 Charleston County
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Country: United States of America
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N 32° 46.472', W 79° 55.947'

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CA 1760

This advertisement appeared in the S.C. Gazette on 6th Jan., 1784, following Mr. Wainwright's death

"On WEDNESDAY the 28th of JANUARY in§t. WILL BE SOLD by Order of the Hon. Cornelius Dupont, E§q.
that capital and well known HOUSE, No. 77, the Corner of Tradd and King Streets. — The Hou§e contains eight rooms, with a large piazza and pantry; the back buildings are, a two-§tory-kitchen-and-wa§h-hou§e, a §table §ufficient for twelve hor§es, coach-hou§e,chair hou§e, and wood-hou§e, all of brick; §moke-hou§e, poultry and pigeon-hou§e. The Lot contain§ 63 1/2 Feet front on Tradd-§treet, and 101 1/2 on King-§treet. The hou§e if built of the be§t material§, and there if no want of witne§§e§ in thi§ City to prove the faithful manner in which the fame wa§ put together, being formerly the property of Mr. Samuel Wainwright, who built it for hi§ own u§e.

VILLEPONTOUX and Co."

Now a private residence.
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HM NumberHMWDL
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Historical Period18th Century
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Marker TypeHistoric Home
Marker ClassHistorical Marker
Marker StyleMounted
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Date Added Wednesday, September 17th, 2014 at 12:56pm PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 599981 N 3626796
Decimal Degrees32.77453333, -79.93245000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 32° 46.472', W 79° 55.947'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds32° 46' 28.3200" N, 79° 55' 56.8200" W
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Area Code(s)843
Can be seen from road?Yes
Is marker in the median?No
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling North
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 94 Tradd St, Charleston SC 29401, US
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