Jonathan Lucas House


Jonathan Lucas House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location	286 Calhoun St., Charleston, South Carolina
Coordinates	32°46′57″N 79°56′54″W / 32.78250°N 79.94833°W / 32.78250; -79.94833Coordinates: 32°46′57″N 79°56′54″W / 32.78250°N 79.94833°W / 32.78250; -79.94833
Built	By 1809
Architect	unknown
Architectural style	Adamesque
NRHP Reference #	78002501^[1]
Added to NRHP	February 23, 1978

The Jonathan Lucas House in a Charleston postcard, about 1910

The Jonathan Lucas House is at 286 Calhoun St., Charleston, South Carolina.

Jonathan Lucas, Jr., the builder of the house, was born in England and developed milling machines for rice, which led to a boom in rice planting in South Carolina.^[2]^[3]

The National Historic Landmark house Hopsewee on the Santee River was also owned by family members, being purchased by John Hume Lucas in 1844.^[4]^[5]

References

↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Robert P. Stockton (Dec 5, 1977). "Jonathan Lucas House a Monument to Rice". Charleston News & Courier. p. B1. Retrieved Nov 26, 2012.
↑ "Jonathan Lucas House, Charleston County (286 Calhoun St., Charleston)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved Nov 26, 2012.
↑ "Jonathan Lucas House HABS No. SC-41" (PDF). Historic American Buildings Survey. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
↑ "Hume-Lucas History" (PDF). Hopsewee Plantation. Retrieved 27 November 2012.

External links

Historic American Buildings Survey including 24 photos and 3 data pages.

U.S. National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina

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