Existing comment:
The marker says: William Bull's House c 1720. These lots as shown on the "Grand Modell of Charles Town" were granted in 1696 to Stephen Bull of Ashley Hall and Sutton. This house, one of the oldest in the city, was built circa 1720 by his son, William Bull, later Lt Governor of South Carolina. Subsequent owners added the piazzas to the south and west wing and altered the interiors, but the exterior remains virtually unchanged. From these steps, Gov Robert Y Hayne dissuaded a group of nullificationists from proceeding to the battery where they intended to seize a ship and declare war on the Union." |