Vesey, Denmark, House
Historic house in South Carolina, United States in Charleston, South Carolina. Built 1850. Added to the National Register in 1976, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
Commonly known as the Denmark Vesey House, the house located at 56 Bull Street in Charleston, South Carolina was for a long time thought to be the house once inhabited by black abolitionist Denmark Vesey. Vesey's home, listed as 20 Bull Street under the city's former numbering system, is now evidently gone. A nearby home, most likely built in the 1820s and currently numbered 56 Bull Street, was thought in the 1970s to have been the home of Denmark Vesey, and it was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1976 by the Department of Interior. Vesey was hanged on July 2, 1822, and his body was never found. Despite these findings, the house has continued to be listed as a National Historic Landmark and is on the National Register of Historic Places.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | 56 Bull St., Charleston, SC |
| County | Charleston County |
| Listed | May 11, 1976 |
| Reference number | 76001698 |
| Built | 1850 |
| Type of place | house |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 buildings |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | 56 Bull St., Charleston, SC |
| Coordinates | 32.78231, -79.94096 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park · 4 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Buck Hall Recreation Area 28 mi |
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Sources
Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 76001698. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.