John Rutledge House

Infobox_nrhp | name =John Rutledge House
nrhp_type = nhl


caption = John Rutledge House
location= 116 Broad St., Charleston, South Carolina
lat_degrees = 32
lat_minutes = 46
lat_seconds = 34
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 79
long_minutes = 56
long_seconds = 1
long_direction = W
locmapin = South Carolina
area =
built =1763
architect= Unknown
architecture= No Style Listed
designated= November 07, 1973cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1147&ResourceType=Building
title=John Rutledge House |accessdate=2008-03-17|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = November 07, 1971cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=71000752

Gov. John Rutledge House, also known as John Rutledge House, is a house at 116 Broad Street in Charleston, South Carolina. It was the home of John Rutledge, a governor of South Carolina and a signer of the U.S. Constitution. John's younger brother Edward was another governor of South Carolina and lived at the Edward Rutledge House at 117 Broad Street.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1973.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/71000752.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Governor John Rutledge House] |32 KB|date=January 16, 1973 |author=Charles W. Snell |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/71000752.pdf "Accompanying two photos, exterior, from 1972"] |32 KB]

The South Carolina Department of Archives and History summary is here.cite web|url=http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/charleston/S10817710040/index.htm
title=Governor John Rutledge House, Charleston County (116 Broad St., Charleston) |accessdate=2008-03-17|work=National Register Properties in South Carolina listing|publisher=South Carolina Department of Archives and History]

John Rutledge House Inn

In 1989, the house was renovated and opened to the public as the John Rutledge House Inn. cite web|url=http://www.johnrutledgehouseinn.com/jrh-history.asp|title=John Rutledge House Inn History|author=|publisher=John Rutledge House Inn|accessdate=2008-05-12|date=]

References

External links

* [http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/charleston/S10817710040/index.htm Governor John Rutledge House, Charleston County (116 Broad St., Charleston)] , at South Carolina Department of Archives and History