John Edwards House (Charleston, South Carolina)

The John Edwards House in Charleston, South Carolina was built in 1770 by Colonial patriot John Edwards.

[1] During the Revolutionary War, half of the house was used by British admiral Mariot Arbuthnot as his headquarters, while the Edwards family was allowed to remain in the other half.

[1] The house remained in the possession of the Edwards family until it was sold in 1844 to Henry W. Conner, who served as the president of the Bank of Charleston.

[2] George Walton Williams, whose father built the Calhoun Mansion across Meeting Street, owned the house in the 20th century and added the two-story, large, semicircular piazzas to the house.

[1] The exterior of the house is actually black cypress, but the siding has been carved and beveled to look like stone.