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{{short description|Historic house in South Carolina, United States}}
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| location= 59 Meeting St., [[Charleston, South Carolina]]▼
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▲ | location = 59 Meeting St., [[Charleston, South Carolina]]
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The '''Branford-Horry House''' is located at 59 Meeting Street, [[Charleston, South Carolina]].<ref name = nrhpinv>{{Cite web | last = Fant | first = Mrs. James W. | title = Branford-Horry House | work = National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory | date = August 29, 1970 | url = http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/charleston/S10817710025/S10817710025.pdf | format = pdf | accessdate = 11 June 2012}}</ref> It was named to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1970.<ref name = nris/> The house is unusual for its [[porch|piazza]], which extends over the public sidewalk.<ref>{{cite news|author=Stockton, Robert|date=September 15, 1975|title=Additions Give House 'Zip'|pages=B1|work=Charleston News & Courier|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3wU1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=Q08KAAAAIBAJ&pg=586,2786930&dq=branford-horry&hl=en|accessdate=November 21, 2013}}</ref>
The '''Branford-Horry House''' was already standing when [[William Brandford]] died in 1767. It is located at 59 Meeting Street, [[Charleston, South Carolina]], USA. The three story house of stuccoed brick has very fine [[Georgian architecture|Georgian]] interiors. The front piazza, built over the sidewalk, was added by Branford's grandson, Elias Horry, in about 1830.
 
The three-story house of stuccoed brick has [[Georgian architecture|Georgian]] interiors. The front piazza, built over the sidewalk, was added by Branford's grandson, Elias Horry, in about 1830.<ref name="scdah">{{Cite web|title=Branford-Horry House, Charleston County (59 Meeting St., Charleston)|url=http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/charleston/S10817710025/index.htm|accessdate=11 June 2012|work=National Register Properties in South Carolina|publisher=South Carolina Department of Archives and History}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZGJJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WAoNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1408,86431&dq=59-meeting-st&hl=en | title=Man In Critical Condition After Car Runs Into Historic Charleston Home | work=Charleston News & Courier | date=June 1, 1988 | accessdate=November 21, 2013 | author=Sosnowski, Chris | pages=7B}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Smith">{{cite book|last1=Smith|first1=Alice R. Huger|last2=Smith|first2=D.E. Huger|title=The Dwelling Houses of Charleston|date=2007|publisher=The History Press|location=Charleston|isbn=9781596292611|pages=58–64}}</ref>
 
[[File:59-61 Meeting c. 1900.jpg|thumb|In about 1900, the two dependencies in the side yard to the north (closer to the photographer) could still be seen.]]
 
==See also==
*[[Capers-Motte House]]
*[[Miles Brewton House]]
*[[Robert Brewton House]]
 
==References==
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[[Category:Houses in Charleston, South Carolina]]
[[Category:Georgian architecture in South Carolina]]
[[Category:1767Houses architecturecompleted in 1767]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Charleston, South Carolina]]
[[Category:1767 establishments in South Carolina]]
 
 
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