City Directories and History: COLONEL ROBERT BREWTON HOUSE – Constructed circa 1721-41; various twentieth-century renovations
“This Brewton family dwelling has long been cited as the oldest surviving single house in Charleston, but it may have been rebuilt after the fire of 1740. Col. Robert Brewton, wealthy politician, merchant, and powder receiver, constructed it and lived here until selling the property to his brother-in-law, Jordan Roche. The three-bay structure, with its fine quoins and molded brick cornice, has undergone some change in the late-twentieth century, including the removal of late-nineteenth-century piazzas and the addition of a modern masonry coating over the old stucco surface.”
Information from: The Buildings of Charleston – J.H. Poston for the Historic Charleston Foundation, 1997
Other sources of interest: Charleston Tax Payers of Charleston, SC in 1860-61, and the Dwelling Houses of Charleston by Alice R.H. Smith – 1917. The HCF may also have additional data at: Past Perfect and further research can be uncovered at: Charleston 1861 Census Schedule
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