Thomas Bee's House

94 CHURCH STREET
THOMAS BEE'S HOUSE

 

circa 1730

 

A PATRIOT OF THE REVOLUTION, BUILT THIS FINE HOUSE ABOUT 1730. A LATER OWNER WAS GOVERNOR JOSEPH ALSTON AND HIS WIFE, THEODOSIA, DAUGHTER OF AARON BURR. SHE WAS MYSTERIOUSLY LOST AT SEA IN 1812.

 

THOMAS BEE, A LEADER IN THE COLONIAL GOVERNMENT AND THE NULLIFICATION MOVEMENT THAT SPLIT THE NATION STARTED HERE IN 1832. JOHN C. CALHOUN, S.C. GOVERNOR ROBERT HAYNE, GENERAL JAMES HAMILTON AND OTHER LEADERS DRAFTED THE NULLIFICATION PAPERS IN THE SECOND FLOOR DRAWING ROOM. THE FIRST FLOOR SITTING ROOM WAS THE LOCATION OF THE ORIGINAL HEADQUARTERS OF HISTORIC CHARLESTON FOUNDATION.

 

placed by

 

THE PRESERVATION SOCIETY OF CHARLESTON 2003

 

COOPER-BEE HOUSE C.
1759 IS PROTECTED BY A CONSERVATION

EASEMENT DONATED TO HISTORIC CHARLESTON FOUNDATION
1982

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