Gov. Thomas Bennett House

Thomas Bennett House is a National Register property located at 69 Barre St. in Charleston, South Carolina.

[2][3] It was built in approximately 1825 on land which had once belonged to architect and builder Thomas Bennett, Sr. (1754-1814).

[1] Thomas Bennett, Sr.'s son, Thomas Bennett, Jr. (1781-1865), took over his father's lumber and milling business but was also active in state and local politics.

After his term as governor, Thomas Bennett, Jr. undertook the construction of this notable house on land which originally overlooked the rice and saw mills which he owned.

Robert Stockton, Information for Guides of Historic Charleston, South Carolina 98-99 (1985).

The woodwork around the main entrance and along the piazzas on the south side are notable.