Hutchinson House

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The Hutchinson House is the oldest identified house on Edisto Island associated with the black community after the Civil War. It was the residence of Henry Hutchinson, a mulatto who, according to a local tradition, built and operated the first cotton gin owned by a black on the island from ca. 1900 to ca. 1920. Hutchinson was born a slave in 1860, and was the son of James Hutchinson, a mulatto who made notable attempts both as a slave and as a freedman to improve conditions for blacks on Edisto Island. Henry Hutchinson is said to have built the house at the time of his marriage to Rosa Swinton in 1885, and resided here until his death in ca. 1940. The house is a rectangular, one-and-one half story residence featuring a side gable roof with bargeboards and three gabled dormers on the front slope of the roof. The weatherboard clad house rests on a raised, brick pier foundation and has shed and gable-roofed additions at the west and north elevations. The pedimented front porch dates from a later period. Listed in the National Register May 5, 1987. - SCDAH

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19th Century (37,676) African-American heritage (1,531) Brick (42,462) Built during 1880s (6,463) Charleston County, South Carolina (210) Edisto Island MRA (13)

Edisto Island, South Carolina (25) Have Street View (44,508) House (27,554) Private owner (54,398) South Carolina (2,141)

Update Log 

• August 18, 2014: Photo imported by Michael Miller
• July 15, 2014: Updated by Michael Miller: Added "Description" & "Street View"
• July 15, 2014: New Street View added by Michael Miller

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• Michael Miller - michael_a_miller [at] yahoo [dot] com
• SCDAH
• National Register database - Reference number 86003218

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