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The Daniel Elliott Huger House was the last home of a Royal governor in South Carolina.
John Bull bought the property in 1759 from the estate of George Eveleigh. Eveleigh had built a house at 39 Church Street on the large lot that had originally run from Church Street through the block to Meeting Street. The land later passed through the hands of Bull's widow and then to his granddaughters. Historians have been unable to determine which owner was responsible for building the house.
The large double house (i.e., four rooms per floor with a central stair hall) is three-stories tall and sits on a high foundation. The exterior has a stucco finish that might have been added following the Earthquake of 1886. The three-story piazzas on the south side were added in the 20th century.
In 1775, Lord William Campbell and his wife were residing in the house (then owned by a cousin of Mrs. Campbell). During the middle of the night, Royal Governor Campbell left their house, fled to Vanderhorst Creek (which still ran near the back edge of the lot along what is today Water Street), and made it to the British warship H.M.S. Tamar to sail to safety. Thus ended the Royal governance of South Carolina.
The common name for the house was assumed when Daniel Elliott Huger bought the house in 1818.