Branford-Horry House

	Branford-Horry House
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	59 Meeting St., Charleston, South Carolina
Coordinates	32°46′28″N 79°55′53″W / 32.77444°N 79.93139°WCoordinates: 32°46′28″N 79°55′53″W / 32.77444°N 79.93139°W
Built	1767
Architectural style	Georgian
NRHP reference No.	70000573
Added to NRHP	October 15, 1970

The Branford-Horry House is located at 59 Meeting Street, Charleston, South Carolina.^[2] It was named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.^[1] The house is unusual for its piazza, which extends over the public sidewalk.^[3]

The three-story house of stuccoed brick has Georgian interiors. The front piazza, built over the sidewalk, was added by Branford's grandson, Elias Horry, in about 1830.^[4] In 1988, a speeding car crashed into the house, knocking out two of the columns and sending one into the front door of the house.^[5] The house was built after 1751, when William Branford married Elizabeth Savage, who had inherited the corner parcel from her uncle Benjamin Savage. Upon her death in 1801, the home was inherited by Ann Branford and her husband Thomas Horry.^[6]

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^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Fant, Mrs. James W. (August 29, 1970). "Branford-Horry House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
^ Stockton, Robert (September 15, 1975). "Additions Give House 'Zip'". Charleston News & Courier. pp. B1. Retrieved November 21, 2013.
^ "Branford-Horry House, Charleston County (59 Meeting St., Charleston)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
^ Sosnowski, Chris (June 1, 1988). "Man In Critical Condition After Car Runs Into Historic Charleston Home". Charleston News & Courier. pp. 7B. Retrieved November 21, 2013.
^ Smith, Alice R. Huger; Smith, D.E. Huger (2007). The Dwelling Houses of Charleston. Charleston: The History Press. pp. 58–64. ISBN 9781596292611.

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Branford-Horry House
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Location	59 Meeting St., Charleston, South Carolina
Coordinates	32°46′28″N 79°55′53″W / 32.77444°N 79.93139°W / 32.77444; -79.93139Coordinates: 32°46′28″N 79°55′53″W / 32.77444°N 79.93139°W / 32.77444; -79.93139
Built	1767
Architectural style	Georgian
NRHP reference No.	70000573^[1]
Added to NRHP	October 15, 1970