Church St. runs from north to south down the southern terminus of Charleston parallel to State St. and the Cooper River docks to the east and Meeting St. to the West.
This classic Charleston single house was once the home of Thomas Gadsden, distinguished Charleston lawyer and grandson of Revolutionary War hero General Christopher Gadsden.
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Brewton-Dale-Pinckney House, circa 1716
Colonel Miles Brewton I, (1675-1745)was one of the original founding members of Charles Towne. A wealthy Charleston "goldsmith" (banker), provincial powder receiver, built this stucco-over brick house circa 1716-33 (near the center of the old walled city.) He gave this home as a wedding gift in 1733 to his daughter Mary on her marriage to Dr. Thomas Dale.
Dr. Thomas Dale (1700-1750) was a British-trained physician, a judge, and author. Dale served as justice of the peace for Berkeley County in 1734-1737; was administrator of the slave detention workhouse overseer of the public slave markets and served one term in the Commons House representing the parish of St. Peter. He translated medical works, published poetry and wrote the prologue to first play ever performed at the Dock Street Theatre (The Recruiting Officer). Mary Dale died in childbirth in 1737 and is buried with her child at St. Philip's church.
Colonel Brewton lived at the southwest corner of Church and Tradd Streets (77 and 75 Church street) and his ownership of this and other adjoining lots led to this area being known as Brewton's Corner and Frances Brewton Pinckney. Charles Pinckney (1732-1782) was a lawyer, president of the Provincial Congress, State Senator, and President of the Senate.
Their eldest son, Charles Pinckney (1757-1824), was one of the youngest U.S. founding fathers, principal authors and signers of the U.S. Constitution. He authored the "Pinckney draft" of the United States Constitution that provided at least 31 provisions to the Constitution. He served four-terms as Governor, as well as state Senator, U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator and Ambassador to Spain under President Thomas Jefferson. Charles inherited the property in 1787.
The house was originally built as a three-story dwelling with a central stair hall and central chimney. It is one of the oldest houses in Charleston and one of the few remaining residences in the U.S. built with small-sized "Dutch" brick ( 1½" x 6¼" x 3"). The house is also a fine example of one of the earliest homes built on the 30' x 30' chamber plan, typical of houses erected before 1750. By the late nineteenth century the dwelling consisted of only two stories and a covered passageway on the first floor which was converted into a garage in the mid-twentieth century. The third floor was reconstructed in 2004 in an effort to restore the building to its original eighteenth century appearance.
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83-85 Church St
William Hendricks Tenements 1750
The buildings share an open passage that leads to the entrances to the dwellings above. On the street side are the original shop fronts.Two connected dwellings built as a speculative investment by Hendricks. They were expected to be shops on the bottom floor and dwellings above that. The
The thru passage has windows and a door near the back for stairs in the back rooms. There was no central hall, and the plan was asymmetrical.
On the left side of the building there are scars in the brickwork from another building that had been constructed next to it, and there are no windows on that wall. The north side originally had no windows, but one small one has been added.
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Ann Peacock House 1760
Ann Peacock was prevented from building against the back wall of Mary Cooper’s house at 94 Church. She decided then to build her house on the opposite corner of her lot, a choice that enabled the eventual owner of the corner lot behind hers to build against her back wall. That building, at 100 Church, was constructed some 25 to 30 years later, circa 1785–1790.
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