{ "id": "sc-historic-hotels", "name": "South Carolina Historic Hotels Still Taking Guests (30 Hotels and Inns)", "description": "30 South Carolina hotels and inns in historic buildings, with year built, first use, National Register and Historic Hotels of America status and sources.", "page": "https://itssouthcarolina.com/data/sc-historic-hotels/", "csv": "https://itssouthcarolina.com/data/downloads/sc-historic-hotels.csv", "json": "https://itssouthcarolina.com/data/downloads/sc-historic-hotels.json", "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "attribution": "It's South Carolina (itssouthcarolina.com), CC BY 4.0", "citation": "It's South Carolina (2026). South Carolina Historic Hotels Still Taking Guests (30 Hotels and Inns). https://itssouthcarolina.com/data/sc-historic-hotels/", "publisher": "It's South Carolina", "geo_scope": "South Carolina, USA", "last_checked": "2026-10-26", "row_count": 30, "columns": [ "name", "city", "county", "region", "address", "year_built", "year_sort", "original_use", "built_as", "opened_as_hotel", "national_register", "nrhp_note", "nrhp_source_url", "historic_hotels_of_america", "rooms", "story", "official_url", "source_urls", "not_confirmed", "checked" ], "column_notes": { "name": "Hotel or inn", "city": "City or town", "county": "County", "region": "Our editorial region", "address": "Street address from the hotel site", "year_built": "Year the building went up, as the sources state it (both years where sources disagree)", "year_sort": "First firm year in year_built, for sorting (blank when no firm year)", "original_use": "What the building was first, per the sources", "built_as": "Derived: Built as a hotel or inn, or Started as something else", "opened_as_hotel": "Year it opened to guests where a source says", "national_register": "yes (SC Department of Archives and History record), no, or not confirmed", "nrhp_note": "Whether the listing is the building itself or its historic district", "nrhp_source_url": "SCDAH National Register record", "historic_hotels_of_america": "yes where the program lists it (historichotels.org pages did not load for us; see not_confirmed)", "rooms": "Room count where the hotel states one", "story": "One factual sentence from the sources", "official_url": "Hotel's own website", "source_urls": "Every page read for the row", "not_confirmed": "What we looked for and did not confirm", "checked": "Date (YYYY-MM-DD) read" }, "rows": [ { "name": "John Rutledge House Inn", "city": "Charleston", "county": "Charleston", "region": "Lowcountry", "address": "116 Broad St., Charleston, SC 29401", "year_built": "1763", "year_sort": "1763", "original_use": "home (residence of John Rutledge, signer of the U.S. Constitution)", "built_as": "Started as something else", "opened_as_hotel": "1989", "national_register": "yes", "nrhp_note": "Individually listed as Gov. John Rutledge House; the hotel also states National Historic Landmark status (1973). Also appears in the Charleston Historic District photo index.", "nrhp_source_url": "http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/charleston/S10817710040/index.htm", "historic_hotels_of_america": "yes", "rooms": "19", "story": "John Rutledge built the house in 1763, portions of the Constitution were drafted in its second-floor drawing room, and it opened as an inn in 1989 after restoration.", "official_url": "https://johnrutledgehouseinn.com/", "source_urls": "https://johnrutledgehouseinn.com/ | https://johnrutledgehouseinn.com/about-hotel-in-charleston-sc/ | http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/charleston/S10817710040/index.htm | http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/charleston/S10817710004/index.htm | https://charminginns.com/ | https://www.historichotels.org/us/hotels-resorts/john-rutledge-house-inn", "not_confirmed": "HHA: hotel's About page says it became a charter member of Historic Hotels of America in 1989; historichotels.org page itself returned 403. | SCDAH says Rutledge lived there 1763 to 1800; it does not give a construction year.", "checked": "2026-10-26" }, { "name": "Barksdale House Inn", "city": "Charleston", "county": "Charleston", "region": "Lowcountry", "address": "27 George St., Charleston, SC 29401", "year_built": "between 1778 and 1817 (construction date never documented, per the inn)", "year_sort": "1778", "original_use": "townhouse of Thomas Barksdale", "built_as": "Started as something else", "opened_as_hotel": null, "national_register": "not confirmed", "nrhp_note": null, "nrhp_source_url": null, "historic_hotels_of_america": "not listed (as far as we found)", "rooms": "14", "story": "Thomas Barksdale built the Federal-period townhouse sometime between 1778 and 1817 on land his uncle George Barksdale bought in 1778; a French hipped roof added a story around 1902.", "official_url": "https://www.barksdalehouse.com/", "source_urls": "https://www.barksdalehouse.com/ | https://www.barksdalehouse.com/history/ | http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/charleston/S10817710004/index.htm", "not_confirmed": "National Register: the address is in downtown Charleston, but this building was not found by name or address in the SCDAH Charleston Historic District photo index (nationalregister.sc.gov); district boundary not checked against the nomination PDF. | Year it opened as an inn not stated. | historichotels.org returned HTTP 403 to every direct fetch; HHA status comes from historichotels.org page titles/URLs in a site-restricted web search, plus the hotel's own site where noted. 'no' means no historichotels.org listing was found, not a confirmed absence.", "checked": "2026-10-26" }, { "name": "Cuthbert House Inn", "city": "Beaufort", "county": "Beaufort", "region": "Lowcountry", "address": "1203 Bay St., Beaufort, SC 29902", "year_built": "1790 (inn) / ca. 1811 (SCDAH)", "year_sort": "1790", "original_use": "home of the Cuthbert family", "built_as": "Started as something else", "opened_as_hotel": null, "national_register": "yes", "nrhp_note": "Individually listed as John A. Cuthbert House; the inn says listed since 1972.", "nrhp_source_url": "http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/beaufort/S10817707011/index.htm", "historic_hotels_of_america": "not listed (as far as we found)", "rooms": "10", "story": "The Federal-style Cuthbert House on the Beaufort waterfront gained rooms, bay windows and Victorian trim in the late 19th century.", "official_url": "https://cuthberthouse.com/", "source_urls": "https://cuthberthouse.com/ | http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/beaufort/S10817707011/index.htm", "not_confirmed": "Sources disagree on year built: inn says 1790, SCDAH says ca. 1811. Both recorded. | Inn site read via WebFetch summary only (curl got 403); booking shown as a 'Book Now' button. | Year it opened as an inn not stated. | historichotels.org returned HTTP 403 to every direct fetch; HHA status comes from historichotels.org page titles/URLs in a site-restricted web search, plus the hotel's own site where noted. 'no' means no historichotels.org listing was found, not a confirmed absence.", "checked": "2026-10-26" }, { "name": "Zero George", "city": "Charleston", "county": "Charleston", "region": "Lowcountry", "address": "0 George St., Charleston, SC 29401", "year_built": "c. 1804 (Du Pré house built 1803-05)", "year_sort": "1804", "original_use": "homes (three residences and two brick carriage houses; Benjamin Du Pré's house at 315 East Bay St.)", "built_as": "Started as something else", "opened_as_hotel": null, "national_register": "not confirmed", "nrhp_note": null, "nrhp_source_url": null, "historic_hotels_of_america": "not listed (as far as we found)", "rooms": "21", "story": "Zero George joins three restored residences and two brick carriage houses in Ansonborough, including a Federal-style house built between 1803 and 1805 by French tailor Benjamin Du Pré.", "official_url": "https://zerogeorge.com/", "source_urls": "https://zerogeorge.com/ | https://zerogeorge.com/about/ | https://zerogeorge.com/about/history/ | http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/charleston/S10817710004/index.htm", "not_confirmed": "National Register: the address is in downtown Charleston, but this building was not found by name or address in the SCDAH Charleston Historic District photo index (nationalregister.sc.gov); district boundary not checked against the nomination PDF. | Build years of the other two residences and carriage houses not stated. | Year it opened as a hotel not stated. | historichotels.org returned HTTP 403 to every direct fetch; HHA status comes from historichotels.org page titles/URLs in a site-restricted web search, plus the hotel's own site where noted. 'no' means no historichotels.org listing was found, not a confirmed absence.", "checked": "2026-10-26" }, { "name": "The Rhett House Inn", "city": "Beaufort", "county": "Beaufort", "region": "Lowcountry", "address": "1009 Craven St., Beaufort, SC 29902", "year_built": "circa 1820", "year_sort": "1820", "original_use": "home (the Thomas Smith Rhett House)", "built_as": "Started as something else", "opened_as_hotel": null, "national_register": "not confirmed", "nrhp_note": null, "nrhp_source_url": null, "historic_hotels_of_america": "not listed (as far as we found)", "rooms": null, "story": "Thomas Smith, who took the surname Rhett to inherit an uncle's fortune, built the house around 1820 and his family lived there until the Civil War.", "official_url": "https://rhetthouseinn.com/", "source_urls": "https://rhetthouseinn.com/ | https://rhetthouseinn.com/inn-history/ | https://rhetthouseinn.com/our-rooms/ | http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/beaufort/S10817707001/index.htm | https://discoversouthcarolina.com/articles/south-carolinas-most-historic-inns", "not_confirmed": "National Register: 1009 Craven St. not found in the SCDAH Beaufort Historic District photo index; district boundary not checked. | Rooms: the state tourism article says 20 rooms in three buildings; not found on the inn's own pages. | Year it opened as an inn not stated. | historichotels.org returned HTTP 403 to every direct fetch; HHA status comes from historichotels.org page titles/URLs in a site-restricted web search, plus the hotel's own site where noted. 'no' means no historichotels.org listing was found, not a confirmed absence.", "checked": "2026-10-26" }, { "name": "Kilburnie, the Inn at Craig Farm", "city": "Lancaster", "county": "Lancaster", "region": "Midlands", "address": "1824 Craig Farm Rd., Lancaster, SC 29720", "year_built": "about 1827 (inn); 'the 1820s' (state tourism article)", "year_sort": "1827", "original_use": "home (Federal-style cottage of Lancaster dentist Joseph Lee)", "built_as": "Started as something else", "opened_as_hotel": null, "national_register": "not confirmed", "nrhp_note": "The inn says it was listed on the National Register in 1979, but it was moved to Craig Farm in 1999 and is not in the current SCDAH Lancaster County list.", "nrhp_source_url": null, "historic_hotels_of_america": "not listed (as far as we found)", "rooms": "5", "story": "Built about 1827 by dentist Joseph Lee and believed to be Lancaster's oldest surviving dwelling, the house was moved to Craig Farm in 1999 to save it from demolition.", "official_url": "http://www.kilburnie.com/", "source_urls": "http://www.kilburnie.com/index.php | http://www.kilburnie.com/history.php | http://www.kilburnie.com/guest_rooms.php | http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/lancaster/nrlancaster.htm | https://discoversouthcarolina.com/articles/south-carolinas-most-historic-inns", "not_confirmed": "National Register: inn claims 1979 listing; not found in SCDAH's current Lancaster list (relocated buildings are often removed). Recorded as unknown. | Site footer says 2014; booking runs through an external ResNexus link, so current operation is not fully confirmed. | Region: Lancaster placed in Midlands; it is north-central SC. | historichotels.org returned HTTP 403 to every direct fetch; HHA status comes from historichotels.org page titles/URLs in a site-restricted web search, plus the hotel's own site where noted. 'no' means no historichotels.org listing was found, not a confirmed absence.", "checked": "2026-10-26" }, { "name": "15 Church Street B&B", "city": "Charleston", "county": "Charleston", "region": "Lowcountry", "address": "15 Church St., Charleston, SC 29401", "year_built": "c. 1842 (early 1840s)", "year_sort": "1842", "original_use": "home (Phillips-Yates-Snowden House; a Civil War hospital)", "built_as": "Started as something else", "opened_as_hotel": null, "national_register": "not confirmed", "nrhp_note": null, "nrhp_source_url": null, "historic_hotels_of_america": "not listed (as far as we found)", "rooms": "2", "story": "The Yates family built the house in the early 1840s; it served as a Civil War hospital, took four cannonball strikes, and lost its fourth story in the 1886 earthquake.", "official_url": "https://15churchstreet.com/", "source_urls": "https://15churchstreet.com/ | https://15churchstreet.com/about/ | https://15churchstreet.com/rooms/ | https://discoversouthcarolina.com/articles/south-carolinas-most-historic-inns", "not_confirmed": "National Register: the address is in downtown Charleston, but this building was not found by name or address in the SCDAH Charleston Historic District photo index (nationalregister.sc.gov); district boundary not checked against the nomination PDF. | Rooms: two named rooms (Rose and Blue) on the site; the state tourism article also says two. | Year it began taking guests not stated. | historichotels.org returned HTTP 403 to every direct fetch; HHA status comes from historichotels.org page titles/URLs in a site-restricted web search, plus the hotel's own site where noted. 'no' means no historichotels.org listing was found, not a confirmed absence.", "checked": "2026-10-26" }, { "name": "20 South Battery", "city": "Charleston", "county": "Charleston", "region": "Lowcountry", "address": "20 S. Battery St., Charleston, SC 29401", "year_built": "1843 (homepage); 'built in the 1840s' (hotel blog)", "year_sort": "1843", "original_use": "home (the Stevens-Lathers House); estate also has an attached carriage house", "built_as": "Started as something else", "opened_as_hotel": null, "national_register": "not confirmed", "nrhp_note": null, "nrhp_source_url": null, "historic_hotels_of_america": "not listed (as far as we found)", "rooms": null, "story": "The inn occupies the Stevens-Lathers House on the Battery, which the hotel dates to 1843, with an attached carriage house and gardens.", "official_url": "https://20southbattery.com/", "source_urls": "https://20southbattery.com/ | https://20southbattery.com/our-story/ | https://20southbattery.com/rooms-and-suites/ | http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/charleston/S10817710004/index.htm", "not_confirmed": "National Register: the address is in downtown Charleston, but this building was not found by name or address in the SCDAH Charleston Historic District photo index (nationalregister.sc.gov); district boundary not checked against the nomination PDF. | Formerly marketed as the Battery Carriage House Inn (old domain batterycarriagehouse.com now redirects here). | Room count and year it opened as an inn not stated. | historichotels.org returned HTTP 403 to every direct fetch; HHA status comes from historichotels.org page titles/URLs in a site-restricted web search, plus the hotel's own site where noted. 'no' means no historichotels.org listing was found, not a confirmed absence.", "checked": "2026-10-26" }, { "name": "Planters Inn", "city": "Charleston", "county": "Charleston", "region": "Lowcountry", "address": "112 N. Market St., Charleston, SC 29401", "year_built": "1844 (homepage says Planters Inn 'first opened its doors in 1844'; history page says the building was 138 years old in 1982)", "year_sort": "1844", "original_use": "mid-1800s luxury goods emporium", "built_as": "Started as something else", "opened_as_hotel": "sources disagree: homepage says 1844; history page describes the boutique hotel created after a restoration that followed Hurricane Hugo (1989)", "national_register": "not confirmed", "nrhp_note": "Hotel sits at Market and Meeting streets; not found in the SCDAH French Quarter or Charleston district photo indexes.", "nrhp_source_url": null, "historic_hotels_of_america": "not listed (as far as we found)", "rooms": "64", "story": "The building at 112 North Market began as a mid-1800s emporium, had a preservation easement placed on it in 1982, and was restored into a boutique hotel after Hurricane Hugo.", "official_url": "https://www.plantersinn.com/", "source_urls": "https://www.plantersinn.com/ | https://www.plantersinn.com/history.htm | https://www.plantersinn.com/guest-rooms-and-suites.htm | http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/charleston/S10817710004/index.htm | http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/charleston/S10817710060/index.htm", "not_confirmed": "year_built is inferred from the history page's '138-year-old building' in 1982; no construction year is printed. | The history page says the original Planters Inn of 1803 was a different, earlier business; the homepage's '1844' opening is not explained. | Rooms: '64-room' appears in a Concierge.com quote on the hotel's rooms page, not in the hotel's own words. | Year the current hotel opened not stated. | historichotels.org returned HTTP 403 to every direct fetch; HHA status comes from historichotels.org page titles/URLs in a site-restricted web search, plus the hotel's own site where noted. 'no' means no historichotels.org listing was found, not a confirmed absence.", "checked": "2026-10-26" }, { "name": "Liberty Hall Bed & Breakfast", "city": "Pendleton", "county": "Anderson", "region": "Upstate", "address": "621 S. Mechanic St., Pendleton, SC 29670", "year_built": "1849", "year_sort": "1849", "original_use": "home (later a dairy farm, boarding house, university housing, an inn and a restaurant)", "built_as": "Started as something else", "opened_as_hotel": null, "national_register": "yes", "nrhp_note": "District listing: Liberty Hall is pictured in the SCDAH Pendleton Historic District record.", "nrhp_source_url": "http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/anderson/S10817704013/index.htm", "historic_hotels_of_america": "not listed (as far as we found)", "rooms": null, "story": "Built in 1849, the neoclassical house has been a family home, dairy farm, boarding house, university housing, an inn and a restaurant, and now runs as a B&B and wedding venue.", "official_url": "https://libertyhallbnb.com/", "source_urls": "https://libertyhallbnb.com/ | https://libertyhallbnb.com/about | https://libertyhallbnb.com/bnb-rooms | http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/anderson/S10817704013/index.htm | https://discoversouthcarolina.com/articles/liberty-hall-bed-and-breakfast-is-a-true-southern-gem", "not_confirmed": "Room count not stated. | Year it first operated as an inn not stated. | historichotels.org returned HTTP 403 to every direct fetch; HHA status comes from historichotels.org page titles/URLs in a site-restricted web search, plus the hotel's own site where noted. 'no' means no historichotels.org listing was found, not a confirmed absence.", "checked": "2026-10-26" }, { "name": "Chesnut Cottage Inn", "city": "Columbia", "county": "Richland", "region": "Midlands", "address": "1718 Hampton St., Columbia, SC 29201", "year_built": "circa 1850 (inn) / ca. 1855-1860 (SCDAH)", "year_sort": "1850", "original_use": "home of Gen. James and Mary Boykin Chesnut during the Civil War", "built_as": "Started as something else", "opened_as_hotel": null, "national_register": "yes", "nrhp_note": "Individually listed as Chesnut Cottage.", "nrhp_source_url": "http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/richland/S10817740016/index.htm", "historic_hotels_of_america": "not listed (as far as we found)", "rooms": null, "story": "Diarist Mary Boykin Chesnut and Gen. James Chesnut lived in the cottage during the Civil War, and Jefferson Davis spoke to a crowd from its front steps in 1864.", "official_url": "https://www.chesnutcottage.com/", "source_urls": "https://www.chesnutcottage.com/ | https://www.chesnutcottage.com/story | https://www.chesnutcottage.com/rooms | http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/richland/S10817740016/index.htm", "not_confirmed": "Sources disagree on year built: inn says circa 1850; SCDAH says ca. 1855-1860. | Room count not stated (state tourism article says five themed rooms). | Year it opened as an inn not stated. | historichotels.org returned HTTP 403 to every direct fetch; HHA status comes from historichotels.org page titles/URLs in a site-restricted web search, plus the hotel's own site where noted. 'no' means no historichotels.org listing was found, not a confirmed absence.", "checked": "2026-10-26" }, { "name": "Kings Courtyard Inn", "city": "Charleston", "county": "Charleston", "region": "Lowcountry", "address": "198 King St., Charleston, SC 29401", "year_built": "1853", "year_sort": "1853", "original_use": "shops on the first floor with a hotel on the second and third floors (the Blum Building)", "built_as": "Started as something else", "opened_as_hotel": "1853 (upper floors used as a hotel in the 19th century); current inn after a 1983 renovation", "national_register": "not confirmed", "nrhp_note": null, "nrhp_source_url": null, "historic_hotels_of_america": "yes", "rooms": "41", "story": "Colonel J. Charles Blum built the Greek Revival building in 1853 to a design by Francis D. Lee, and after uses ranging from a Singer sewing machine shop to a skating rink it was renovated into the inn in 1983.", "official_url": "https://kingscourtyardinn.com/", "source_urls": "https://kingscourtyardinn.com/ | https://kingscourtyardinn.com/about-historic-charleston-hotel/ | http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/charleston/S10817710004/index.htm | https://www.historichotels.org/us/hotels-resorts/kings-courtyard-inn", "not_confirmed": "National Register: the address is in downtown Charleston, but this building was not found by name or address in the SCDAH Charleston Historic District photo index (nationalregister.sc.gov); district boundary not checked against the nomination PDF. | HHA: hotel says it was a charter member of Historic Hotels of America in 1989; historichotels.org page returned 403. | opened_as_hotel: the hotel's timeline says the upper floors were 'used as a hotel' in the 19th century but gives no opening year for that use.", "checked": "2026-10-26" }, { "name": "Mills House Charleston, Curio Collection by Hilton", "city": "Charleston", "county": "Charleston", "region": "Lowcountry", "address": "115 Meeting St., Charleston, SC 29401", "year_built": "1853 (original hotel); rebuilt after 1967, reopened 1970", "year_sort": "1853", "original_use": "hotel (Otis Mills rebuilt a former private home bought in 1836 into a hotel)", "built_as": "Built as a hotel or inn", "opened_as_hotel": "1853", "national_register": "not confirmed", "nrhp_note": null, "nrhp_source_url": null, "historic_hotels_of_america": "yes", "rooms": null, "story": "Otis Mills opened the hotel in 1853; new owners found the structure unsalvageable in 1967 and rebuilt it, saving the iron balconies, and it reopened in 1970.", "official_url": "https://www.millshouse.com/", "source_urls": "https://www.millshouse.com/ | https://www.millshouse.com/about/ | https://www.millshouse.com/stay/ | http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/charleston/S10817710004/index.htm | https://www.historichotels.org/us/hotels-resorts/mills-house-charleston-curio-collection-by-hilton", "not_confirmed": "National Register: the address is in downtown Charleston, but this building was not found by name or address in the SCDAH Charleston Historic District photo index (nationalregister.sc.gov); district boundary not checked against the nomination PDF. | The current building is a 1967-1970 rebuild (per the hotel's own timeline), not the 1853 structure. | Hotel homepage also says 'since 1801' for the corner of Queen and Meeting; that date is not explained. | Rooms: count not found on the pages read. | HHA: membership (search snippet says since 2024) from historichotels.org page title in search results; page returned 403.", "checked": "2026-10-26" }, { "name": "The Vendue", "city": "Charleston", "county": "Charleston", "region": "Lowcountry", "address": "19 and 26 Vendue Range, Charleston, SC 29401", "year_built": "1872 rebuild of 19 Vendue, keeping a granite post-and-lintel system from 1839", "year_sort": "1872", "original_use": "warehouses (Prioleau's Wharf; later a warehouse for blockade-runners and the fishing industry)", "built_as": "Started as something else", "opened_as_hotel": null, "national_register": "not confirmed", "nrhp_note": "Hotel says it lies within Charleston's French Quarter and that most area buildings were National Register listed before 1973; this building not confirmed in the SCDAH French Quarter District record.", "nrhp_source_url": null, "historic_hotels_of_america": "not listed (as far as we found)", "rooms": "80+", "story": "The hotel occupies restored 19th-century warehouses on Vendue Range, where 19 Vendue was rebuilt in 1872 by Ann Ross around an 1839 granite post-and-lintel system.", "official_url": "https://www.thevendue.com/", "source_urls": "https://www.thevendue.com/ | https://www.thevendue.com/historic-downtown-charleston-hotel/ | https://www.thevendue.com/hotel-rooms-charleston/ | http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/charleston/S10817710060/index.htm", "not_confirmed": "opened_as_hotel: the hotel timeline says the warehouse added its 'first accommodations' after the Civil War but gives no year; the year the current hotel opened is not stated. | Rooms given only as '80+'. | historichotels.org returned HTTP 403 to every direct fetch; HHA status comes from historichotels.org page titles/URLs in a site-restricted web search, plus the hotel's own site where noted. 'no' means no historichotels.org listing was found, not a confirmed absence.", "checked": "2026-10-26" }, { "name": "Breeden Inn Bed & Breakfast", "city": "Bennettsville", "county": "Marlboro", "region": "Pee Dee", "address": "404 E. Main St., Bennettsville, SC", "year_built": "1886 (additions 1905)", "year_sort": "1886", "original_use": "home (built by Thomas Bouchier as a wedding present for his bride)", "built_as": "Started as something else", "opened_as_hotel": null, "national_register": "yes", "nrhp_note": "Contributing property in the Bennettsville Historic District (listed April 20, 1978, per the inn); 404 E. Main St. appears in the SCDAH district photo index.", "nrhp_source_url": "http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/marlboro/S10817735002/index.htm", "historic_hotels_of_america": "not listed (as far as we found)", "rooms": "13", "story": "Attorney and farmer Thomas Bouchier built the house in 1886 with the proceeds of one cotton crop, and architect Ernest Vincent Richards added the 38-column wraparound veranda in 1905.", "official_url": "https://breedeninn.com/home.html", "source_urls": "https://breedeninn.com/home.html | https://breedeninn.com/inthebeginning.html | https://breedeninn.com/national-register.html | http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/marlboro/S10817735002/index.htm | http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/marlboro/S10817735002/index_2.htm", "not_confirmed": "ZIP code not read on the pages fetched. | Year it opened as an inn not stated. | historichotels.org returned HTTP 403 to every direct fetch; HHA status comes from historichotels.org page titles/URLs in a site-restricted web search, plus the hotel's own site where noted. 'no' means no historichotels.org listing was found, not a confirmed absence.", "checked": "2026-10-26" }, { "name": "Wentworth Mansion", "city": "Charleston", "county": "Charleston", "region": "Lowcountry", "address": "149 Wentworth St., Charleston, SC 29401", "year_built": "1886 (hotel says Francis Silas Rodgers set out to build it in 1881)", "year_sort": "1886", "original_use": "home of cotton merchant Francis Silas Rodgers", "built_as": "Started as something else", "opened_as_hotel": "after a 1997 purchase and $7 million restoration (exact opening year not stated)", "national_register": "yes", "nrhp_note": "Listed as Rodgers Mansion, 149 Wentworth St., in the Charleston Historic District photo index (district listing, not individual).", "nrhp_source_url": "http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/charleston/S10817710004/index.htm", "historic_hotels_of_america": "yes", "rooms": "21", "story": "Built in 1886 as the Second Empire home of Francis Silas Rodgers, it later housed the Scottish Rite Masons and an insurance company before a 1997 restoration turned it into a hotel.", "official_url": "https://wentworthmansion.com/", "source_urls": "https://wentworthmansion.com/ | https://wentworthmansion.com/about-charleston-sc-hotel/ | http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/charleston/S10817710004/index.htm | http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/charleston/S10817710004/index_6.htm | https://www.historichotels.org/us/hotels-resorts/wentworth-mansion", "not_confirmed": "HHA: membership (search snippet says since 2003) from historichotels.org page title in search results; page returned 403. | opened_as_hotel: exact year the hotel opened after the 1997 purchase not stated.", "checked": "2026-10-26" }, { "name": "Fulton Lane Inn", "city": "Charleston", "county": "Charleston", "region": "Lowcountry", "address": "202 King St., Charleston, SC 29401", "year_built": "1889 (YWCA building); 1912 (Rugheimer tailor building)", "year_sort": "1889", "original_use": "YWCA building (swimming pool on the first floor, member rooms above) and a tailor's building", "built_as": "Started as something else", "opened_as_hotel": "after a 1992-1994 renovation; buildings joined into one 45-room inn in 2008", "national_register": "not confirmed", "nrhp_note": null, "nrhp_source_url": null, "historic_hotels_of_america": "yes", "rooms": "45", "story": "The inn joins an 1889 YWCA building and a 1912 building built for tailor John Rugheimer & Sons, renovated from 1992 to 1994 and connected by interior hallways in 2008.", "official_url": "https://fultonlaneinn.com/", "source_urls": "https://fultonlaneinn.com/ | https://fultonlaneinn.com/about-about-downtown-charleston-sc-hotels/ | http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/charleston/S10817710004/index.htm | https://charminginns.com/ | https://www.historichotels.org/us/hotels-resorts/fulton-lane-inn", "not_confirmed": "National Register: the address is in downtown Charleston, but this building was not found by name or address in the SCDAH Charleston Historic District photo index (nationalregister.sc.gov); district boundary not checked against the nomination PDF. | HHA: membership (search snippet says since 2022) from historichotels.org page title in search results; page returned 403. | Address 202 King St. from the Charming Inns family site and an HHA search snippet; not printed on the Fulton Lane pages read. | opened_as_hotel: no single opening year stated; the 1889 YWCA building rented rooms to members and guests, which is not the same as opening as a hotel.", "checked": "2026-10-26" }, { "name": "The Willcox", "city": "Aiken", "county": "Aiken", "region": "Midlands", "address": "100 Colleton Ave. SW, Aiken, SC 29801", "year_built": "1898 (established); present form 1928 after the last addition (SCDAH)", "year_sort": "1898", "original_use": "inn (Willcox's)", "built_as": "Built as a hotel or inn", "opened_as_hotel": "1898", "national_register": "yes", "nrhp_note": "Individually listed as Willcox's; also a contributing property in Aiken Winter Colony Historic District II.", "nrhp_source_url": "http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/aiken/S10817702013/index.htm", "historic_hotels_of_america": "not listed (as far as we found)", "rooms": null, "story": "Frederick Sugden Willcox opened the inn in 1898 for Aiken's Winter Colony, and the Willcox family ran it until 1957.", "official_url": "https://thewillcox.com/", "source_urls": "https://thewillcox.com/ | https://thewillcox.com/our-story/ | https://thewillcox.com/room/ | http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/aiken/S10817702013/index.htm | http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/aiken/S10817702019/index.htm", "not_confirmed": "Room count not stated on the pages read. | Hotel says 'late 19th century'; the 1898 date is from SCDAH and the hotel's 'since 1898'. | historichotels.org returned HTTP 403 to every direct fetch; HHA status comes from historichotels.org page titles/URLs in a site-restricted web search, plus the hotel's own site where noted. 'no' means no historichotels.org listing was found, not a confirmed absence.", "checked": "2026-10-26" }, { "name": "The Belmont Inn", "city": "Abbeville", "county": "Abbeville", "region": "Upstate", "address": "104 E. Pickens St., Abbeville, SC 29620 (SCDAH lists the Eureka Hotel at 106 E. Pickens St.)", "year_built": "1903", "year_sort": "1903", "original_use": "hotel (the Eureka Hotel, a railroad hotel)", "built_as": "Built as a hotel or inn", "opened_as_hotel": "1903", "national_register": "yes", "nrhp_note": "Contributing property in the Abbeville Historic District, listed as Eureka Hotel; the inn also says it is on the National Register.", "nrhp_source_url": "http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/abbeville/S10817701004/index.htm", "historic_hotels_of_america": "not listed (as far as we found)", "rooms": "25", "story": "P. Rosenberg built it in 1903 as the 34-room Eureka Hotel, a railroad hotel that hosted vaudeville performers; a 1980s restoration reopened it with 25 rooms.", "official_url": "https://www.belmontinn.net/", "source_urls": "https://www.belmontinn.net/ | https://www.belmontinn.net/about | http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/abbeville/S10817701004/index.htm", "not_confirmed": "Street number differs: hotel says 104 E. Pickens St.; SCDAH lists the Eureka Hotel at 106 E. Pickens St. | historichotels.org returned HTTP 403 to every direct fetch; HHA status comes from historichotels.org page titles/URLs in a site-restricted web search, plus the hotel's own site where noted. 'no' means no historichotels.org listing was found, not a confirmed absence.", "checked": "2026-10-26" }, { "name": "Clevedale Historic Inn and Gardens", "city": "Spartanburg", "county": "Spartanburg", "region": "Upstate", "address": "1050 Willis Rd., Spartanburg, SC 29301", "year_built": "1913", "year_sort": "1913", "original_use": "home (built as a wedding gift for Conrad P. and Louise Cleveland, per the state tourism article)", "built_as": "Started as something else", "opened_as_hotel": null, "national_register": "not confirmed", "nrhp_note": null, "nrhp_source_url": null, "historic_hotels_of_america": "not listed (as far as we found)", "rooms": null, "story": "The Colonial-style main house was built in 1913 on the former Cleveland family farm, and the inn says it is the only historic estate in the Spartanburg area offering overnight stays.", "official_url": "https://clevedaleinn.com/", "source_urls": "https://clevedaleinn.com/ | https://discoversouthcarolina.com/articles/south-carolinas-most-historic-inns", "not_confirmed": "Original use and the Cleveland wedding-gift detail come from the SC tourism office article; the inn's homepage gives only the 1913 date. | National Register status not found (not in the SCDAH Spartanburg list by name). | Rooms: state tourism article says three suites; not stated on the inn's page read. | historichotels.org returned HTTP 403 to every direct fetch; HHA status comes from historichotels.org page titles/URLs in a site-restricted web search, plus the hotel's own site where noted. 'no' means no historichotels.org listing was found, not a confirmed absence.", "checked": "2026-10-26" }, { "name": "Francis Marion Hotel", "city": "Charleston", "county": "Charleston", "region": "Lowcountry", "address": "387 King St., Charleston, SC 29403", "year_built": "1924", "year_sort": "1924", "original_use": "hotel", "built_as": "Built as a hotel or inn", "opened_as_hotel": "1924", "national_register": "not confirmed", "nrhp_note": null, "nrhp_source_url": null, "historic_hotels_of_america": "yes", "rooms": "234 (history page); homepage says 235 guestrooms and suites", "story": "Designed by New York architect W.L. Stoddard and opened in 1924 at a cost of $1.5 million, the 12-story hotel was restored for $12 million in 1996.", "official_url": "https://www.francismarionhotel.com/", "source_urls": "https://www.francismarionhotel.com/ | https://www.francismarionhotel.com/history/ | http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/charleston/S10817710004/index.htm | https://www.historichotels.org/us/hotels-resorts/francis-marion-hotel", "not_confirmed": "National Register: the address is in downtown Charleston, but this building was not found by name or address in the SCDAH Charleston Historic District photo index (nationalregister.sc.gov); district boundary not checked against the nomination PDF. | Rooms: the hotel's own pages disagree (234 on the history page, 235 'guestrooms and suites' on the homepage). | HHA: hotel homepage says member of Historic Hotels of America since 1999.", "checked": "2026-10-26" }, { "name": "The Westin Poinsett", "city": "Greenville", "county": "Greenville", "region": "Upstate", "address": "120 S. Main St., Greenville, SC 29601", "year_built": "1925", "year_sort": "1925", "original_use": "hotel", "built_as": "Built as a hotel or inn", "opened_as_hotel": "1925", "national_register": "yes", "nrhp_note": "Individually listed as Poinsett Hotel.", "nrhp_source_url": "http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/greenville/S10817723029/index.htm", "historic_hotels_of_america": "yes", "rooms": null, "story": "Built in 1925 for $1.5 million to a design by New York architect William L. Stoddard, the 12-story Poinsett was one of Greenville's first skyscrapers and stands on the site of the 1824 Mansion House hotel.", "official_url": "https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/gspwi-the-westin-poinsett-greenville/overview/", "source_urls": "http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/greenville/S10817723029/index.htm | https://www.historichotels.org/us/hotels-resorts/the-westin-poinsett", "not_confirmed": "Hotel's own site (marriott.com and westinpoinsett.com) could not be read (403 / no response), so current booking and room count were not confirmed on the hotel's site. | HHA: membership (search snippet says since 2002) from historichotels.org page title in search results; page returned 403.", "checked": "2026-10-26" }, { "name": "Sea View Inn", "city": "Pawleys Island", "county": "Georgetown", "region": "Grand Strand", "address": "414 Myrtle Ave., Pawleys Island, SC 29585", "year_built": "1937", "year_sort": "1937", "original_use": "inn (designed and built to be an inn)", "built_as": "Built as a hotel or inn", "opened_as_hotel": "1937", "national_register": "not confirmed", "nrhp_note": null, "nrhp_source_url": null, "historic_hotels_of_america": "not listed (as far as we found)", "rooms": "20", "story": "Celeste and Will Clinkscales financed and built Sea View as an inn in 1937, in the middle of Pawleys Island between the ocean and the marsh.", "official_url": "https://www.seaviewinn.net/", "source_urls": "https://www.seaviewinn.net/ | https://www.seaviewinn.net/history/ | http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/georgetown/S10817722005/index.htm", "not_confirmed": "National Register: not found in the SCDAH Pawleys Island Historic District photo index; district boundary not checked. | historichotels.org returned HTTP 403 to every direct fetch; HHA status comes from historichotels.org page titles/URLs in a site-restricted web search, plus the hotel's own site where noted. 'no' means no historichotels.org listing was found, not a confirmed absence.", "checked": "2026-10-26" }, { "name": "The Dewberry", "city": "Charleston", "county": "Charleston", "region": "Lowcountry", "address": "334 Meeting St., Charleston, SC 29403", "year_built": "circa 1964", "year_sort": "1964", "original_use": "federal office building (L. Mendel Rivers Federal Building)", "built_as": "Started as something else", "opened_as_hotel": null, "national_register": "not confirmed", "nrhp_note": null, "nrhp_source_url": null, "historic_hotels_of_america": "not listed (as far as we found)", "rooms": null, "story": "The hotel is the restored mid-century L. Mendel Rivers Federal Building, which the hotel dates to about 1964.", "official_url": "https://thedewberrycharleston.com/", "source_urls": "https://thedewberrycharleston.com/ | https://thedewberrycharleston.com/story/", "not_confirmed": "National Register status not found. | Room count and opening year not found on the pages read. | historichotels.org returned HTTP 403 to every direct fetch; HHA status comes from historichotels.org page titles/URLs in a site-restricted web search, plus the hotel's own site where noted. 'no' means no historichotels.org listing was found, not a confirmed absence.", "checked": "2026-10-26" }, { "name": "86 Cannon", "city": "Charleston", "county": "Charleston", "region": "Lowcountry", "address": "86 Cannon St., Charleston, SC 29403", "year_built": "circa 1860s", "year_sort": null, "original_use": "not stated (a 'collection of historic buildings')", "built_as": "Not stated", "opened_as_hotel": null, "national_register": "not confirmed", "nrhp_note": null, "nrhp_source_url": null, "historic_hotels_of_america": "not listed (as far as we found)", "rooms": "10", "story": "An adults-only, 10-room inn set in a collection of historic buildings the hotel dates to the 1860s.", "official_url": "https://www.86cannon.com/", "source_urls": "https://www.86cannon.com/", "not_confirmed": "Original use of the buildings not stated on the hotel's site. | National Register status not found (no SCDAH record found by name; Cannon St. is outside the areas checked). | Year it opened as a hotel not stated. | historichotels.org returned HTTP 403 to every direct fetch; HHA status comes from historichotels.org page titles/URLs in a site-restricted web search, plus the hotel's own site where noted. 'no' means no historichotels.org listing was found, not a confirmed absence.", "checked": "2026-10-26" }, { "name": "Abingdon Manor", "city": "Latta", "county": "Dillon", "region": "Pee Dee", "address": "307 Church St., Latta, SC 29565", "year_built": "early 1900s (state tourism article); the inn cites original shutters 'from 1902'", "year_sort": null, "original_use": "home (Manning House, home of planter James H. Manning)", "built_as": "Started as something else", "opened_as_hotel": null, "national_register": "yes", "nrhp_note": "Listed in the SCDAH Latta Historic District #1 photo index as 'Manning House (Abingdon Manor), 307 Church St.'; the inn also says it is on the National Register.", "nrhp_source_url": "http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/dillon/S10817717009/index.htm", "historic_hotels_of_america": "not listed (as far as we found)", "rooms": "7", "story": "The Greek Revival mansion was the home of planter James H. Manning, Dillon County's first state senator, and now runs as a seven-room inn and restaurant.", "official_url": "https://abingdonmanor.com/", "source_urls": "https://abingdonmanor.com/ | https://abingdonmanor.com/about-the-abingdon-manor-inn-and-restaurant/ | http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/dillon/S10817717009/index.htm | http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/dillon/S10817717009/index_2.htm | https://discoversouthcarolina.com/articles/south-carolinas-most-historic-inns", "not_confirmed": "year_built: no exact year on the inn's site; '1902' appears only for the original shutters. | Manning as builder/owner and the 'first state senator' detail come from the SC tourism office article (discoversouthcarolina.com), not the inn's site. | Year it opened as an inn not stated. | historichotels.org returned HTTP 403 to every direct fetch; HHA status comes from historichotels.org page titles/URLs in a site-restricted web search, plus the hotel's own site where noted. 'no' means no historichotels.org listing was found, not a confirmed absence.", "checked": "2026-10-26" }, { "name": "Anchorage 1770", "city": "Beaufort", "county": "Beaufort", "region": "Lowcountry", "address": "1103 Bay St., Beaufort, SC 29902", "year_built": "pre-Revolutionary (SCDAH); the inn says the completion date is uncertain, with the lot first granted in 1753", "year_sort": null, "original_use": "home (William Elliott House); a Union hospital during the occupation of Beaufort", "built_as": "Started as something else", "opened_as_hotel": null, "national_register": "yes", "nrhp_note": "Individually listed as The Anchorage (William Elliot House); also in the Beaufort Historic District photo index.", "nrhp_source_url": "http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/beaufort/S10817707010/index.htm", "historic_hotels_of_america": "not listed (as far as we found)", "rooms": null, "story": "The pre-Revolutionary William Elliott House served as a hospital called the Mission House during the Union occupation, and Gen. Wade Hampton spoke from its porch in 1876.", "official_url": "https://anchorage1770.com/", "source_urls": "https://anchorage1770.com/ | https://anchorage1770.com/history/ | https://anchorage1770.com/guest-rooms/ | http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/beaufort/S10817707010/index.htm | http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/beaufort/S10817707001/index.htm", "not_confirmed": "year_built: no exact year in any source; the name '1770' is not explained as a build year on the pages read. | Room count not stated (site mentions four waterfront rooms and a cottage). | Year it opened as an inn not stated. | historichotels.org returned HTTP 403 to every direct fetch; HHA status comes from historichotels.org page titles/URLs in a site-restricted web search, plus the hotel's own site where noted. 'no' means no historichotels.org listing was found, not a confirmed absence.", "checked": "2026-10-26" }, { "name": "Mansfield Plantation Bed & Breakfast", "city": "Georgetown", "county": "Georgetown", "region": "Grand Strand", "address": "1776 Mansfield Rd., Georgetown, SC 29440", "year_built": "not stated as a year; inn says main house construction began fifty years after a 1718 land grant", "year_sort": null, "original_use": "rice plantation house and outbuildings (guests stay in outbuildings such as the old kitchen)", "built_as": "Started as something else", "opened_as_hotel": null, "national_register": "yes", "nrhp_note": "Individually listed as Mansfield Plantation (house, avenue of oaks and outbuildings).", "nrhp_source_url": "http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/georgetown/S10817722011/index.htm", "historic_hotels_of_america": "not listed (as far as we found)", "rooms": null, "story": "Mansfield was a rice plantation on the Black River whose house, oak avenue and outbuildings survive largely intact, and guests stay in the historic outbuildings.", "official_url": "https://www.mansfieldplantation.com/", "source_urls": "https://www.mansfieldplantation.com/ | https://www.mansfieldplantation.com/history_01.html | https://www.mansfieldplantation.com/bed_and_breakfast.html | http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/georgetown/S10817722011/index.htm", "not_confirmed": "Sources disagree on the land grant: inn says 1718, SCDAH says ca. 1732 royal grant to John Green. No construction year in either. | Booking: the site describes the B&B but shows no online booking or room count; current operation not confirmed beyond the site (copyright 2004-2025). | historichotels.org returned HTTP 403 to every direct fetch; HHA status comes from historichotels.org page titles/URLs in a site-restricted web search, plus the hotel's own site where noted. 'no' means no historichotels.org listing was found, not a confirmed absence.", "checked": "2026-10-26" }, { "name": "Pettigru Place Bed & Breakfast", "city": "Greenville", "county": "Greenville", "region": "Upstate", "address": "302 Pettigru St., Greenville, SC 29601", "year_built": "early 20th century (no exact year)", "year_sort": null, "original_use": "home (red brick Federal-style house)", "built_as": "Started as something else", "opened_as_hotel": null, "national_register": "yes", "nrhp_note": "District listing: the inn is in the Pettigru Street Historic District (SC tourism article and the inn's 'historic Pettigru District'); 302 Pettigru St. is not pictured in the SCDAH photo index, so contributing status is not confirmed.", "nrhp_source_url": "http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/greenville/S10817723028/index.htm", "historic_hotels_of_america": "not listed (as far as we found)", "rooms": "6", "story": "The inn is a red brick Federal-style house from the early 20th century in Greenville's Pettigru Street Historic District.", "official_url": "https://www.pettigruplace.com/", "source_urls": "https://www.pettigruplace.com/ | https://www.pettigruplace.com/about-us | http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/greenville/S10817723028/index.htm | https://discoversouthcarolina.com/articles/historic-inns-hotels-and-bandbs-in-south-carolina", "not_confirmed": "year_built: no exact year found. | Rooms: six named rooms on the inn's site (state tourism article also says six). | Contributing status within the district not confirmed. | historichotels.org returned HTTP 403 to every direct fetch; HHA status comes from historichotels.org page titles/URLs in a site-restricted web search, plus the hotel's own site where noted. 'no' means no historichotels.org listing was found, not a confirmed absence.", "checked": "2026-10-26" }, { "name": "The Ansonborough", "city": "Charleston", "county": "Charleston", "region": "Lowcountry", "address": "21 Hasell St., Charleston, SC 29401", "year_built": "not published", "year_sort": null, "original_use": "stationer's warehouse", "built_as": "Started as something else", "opened_as_hotel": null, "national_register": "not confirmed", "nrhp_note": null, "nrhp_source_url": null, "historic_hotels_of_america": "not listed (as far as we found)", "rooms": null, "story": "The inn occupies a former stationer's warehouse that the hotel describes as a century old.", "official_url": "https://www.theansonborough.com/", "source_urls": "https://www.theansonborough.com/ | http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/charleston/S10817710004/index.htm", "not_confirmed": "year_built: the hotel says only 'century old stationer's warehouse'; no year found on the hotel's site. | National Register: the address is in downtown Charleston, but this building was not found by name or address in the SCDAH Charleston Historic District photo index (nationalregister.sc.gov); district boundary not checked against the nomination PDF. | Room count and year it opened as a hotel not found. | historichotels.org returned HTTP 403 to every direct fetch; HHA status comes from historichotels.org page titles/URLs in a site-restricted web search, plus the hotel's own site where noted. 'no' means no historichotels.org listing was found, not a confirmed absence.", "checked": "2026-10-26" } ] }