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Heyward-Washington House
Tour a 1772 Church Street house associated with Thomas Heyward Jr. and George Washington's Charleston visit. Its period rooms, kitchen building and garden make a compact colonial-era visit.
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This house links a signer of the Declaration of Independence to a presidential visit in 1791, but the property also shows everyday domestic spaces. Charleston-made furniture, including the Holmes Bookcase, sits alongside a surviving eighteenth-century kitchen building and a formal garden.
What to look for
The Charleston-made Holmes Bookcase
The separate colonial-era kitchen building
The formal garden and period-furnished rooms
Useful to know
See the kitchen building and garden as well as the main house.
If you cannot use the house's stairs, ask about the photographic tour option.
Your next visit
Estimated · Declared scenario and planning estimates; no live opening, weather, queue or booking service.
Outdoor visit · 30–45 min
World planning estimate; admission, opening, visit duration and access need checking.
