This article attempts to list the oldest extant buildings surviving in the state of South Carolina in the United States of America, including the oldest houses in South Carolina and any other surviving structures. Some dates are approximate and based upon dendochronology, architectural studies, and historical records. Sites on the list are generally from the First Period of American architecture or earlier. To be listed here a site must:

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (October 2012)
Building Image Location First Built Use Notes
Middleburg Plantation Huger 1699 House Oldest wooden Plantation house in South Carolina
Medway (Mount Holly, South Carolina) Mount Holly 1704-05 House Possible oldest house in South Carolina
St. Andrews Episcopal Church (Charleston, South Carolina) Charleston 1706 Church building Oldest church building in South Carolina
St. James Church (Goose Creek, South Carolina) Goose Creek 1708 Church
Col. William Rhett House 54 Hasell Street, Charleston 1712 House
Pink House 17 Chalmers Street, Charleston]] 1712 House
Powder Magazine 79 Cumberland Street, Charleston 1713 Museum (originally the city's powder magazine)
Mulberry Plantation U.S. 52, Moncks Corners 1714 Church
Hanover House Clemson University, Anderson 1714 House The house was relocated to Clemson University's campus when its original site in Berkeley County was inundated for the creation of Lake Moultrie in the 1940s.
John's Island Presbyterian Church Johns Island, South Carolina 1719 Church
Robert Brewton House 71 Church Street, Charleston 1721 House
Strawberry Chapel Strawberry Chapel Road, near Cordesville 1725 Church
Christ Church Mount Pleasant 1726 Church
Fairfield Plantation McClellanville 1730 House
Fenwick Hall Johns Island 1730 House
Thomas Rose House 59 Church Street, Charleston 1733 House
Hampton Plantation McClellanville 1735 House
Hopsewee South of Georgetown 1735 House
Thomas Lamboll House 19 King Street, Charleston 1739 House
Stiles-Hinson House File:Stiles-Hinson front.jpg 940 Paul Revere Dr., Charleston 1742 House
Drayton Hall near Charleston 1747-1752 House
Thorntree Kingstree, South Carolina 1749 House
Oakland Plantation Mount Pleasant, South Carolina 1750 House
Beneventum Plantation House Georgetown, South Carolina 1750 House
Prince George Winyah Episcopal Church Broad and Highmarket Streets, Georgetown, South Carolina 1750 Church
Reardon House Kingstree 1750-1770 House
Fleming-Jenkinson House Academy Street, Kingstree 1750-1775 House
St. Michael's Episcopal Church 80 Broad Street, Charleston 1751-1761 Church
James Veree Houses 58 Church Street, Charleston 1754 House James Veree built this house in 1754 and the neighboring house at 60 Church St. a decade later.
St. Michael's Episcopal Church 80 Broad Street, Charleston 1755 House The remaining structure was originally a guest house for a no-longer-standing plantation house.
Ralph Izard House 110 Broad Street, Charleston Before September 1757 House
William Cooper House Indiantown, South Carolina 1760 House
Samuel Wainwright House 94 Tradd Street, Charleston 1760 House
Joseph H. Rainey House 909 Prince Street, Georgetown 1760 House
Blake Tenements 2-4 Courthouse Square, Charleston 1760-1772 County offices (original townhouses)
John Rutledge House 116 Broad Street, Charleston 1763 House
Pompion Hill Chapel Huger, South Carolina 1763 Church
James Veree Houses 60 Church Street, Charleston 1764 House James Veree built this house in 1764 and the neighboring house at 58 Church St. a decade earlier.
Branford-Horry House 59 Meeting Street, Charleston Before 1767 House
McCrady's Tavern and Long Room 153 East Bay Street, Charleston 1767 House
St. Stephens Episcopal Church St. Stephen, South Carolina 1767-1769 Church
Exchange and Provost East end of East Bay Street at Broad Street, Charleston 1767-1771 Museum (originally a custom house)
William Washington House 8 South Battery, Charleston 1768 House
St. James Episcopal Church Georgetown, South Carolina 1768 Church
Miles Brewton House 27 King Street, Charleston 1769 House
Rev. Robert Smith House 6 Glebe Street, Charleston 1770 Residence of the president of the College of Charleston
William Harvey House 58 Meeting Street, Charleston 1770 House
Heyward-Washington House 87 Church Street, Charleston 1771 House museum
Colonel John Stuart House 104-106 Tradd Street, Charleston 1772 House
Lewisfield Plantation Moncks Corner, South Carolina 1774 House
Unitarian Church 4 Archdale Street, Charleston 1772-1787 Church
William Gibbes House 64 South Battery, Charleston 1772-1788 House
Blocker House Route 25, near Edgefield 1775 House
Seibels House Columbia 1796 House Oldest house in the state capital
Congregation Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Charleston 1840 Synagogue Oldest Jewish synagogue in South Carolina


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