Jonathan Lucas House

Jonathan Lucas House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Show map of South Carolina Show map of the United States
Location	286 Calhoun St., Charleston, South Carolina
Coordinates	32°46′57″N 79°56′54″W
Built	By 1809
Architectural style	Adamesque
NRHP reference No.	78002501[1]
Added to NRHP	February 23, 1978

The Jonathan Lucas House in a Charleston postcard, about 1910

The Jonathan Lucas House is a historic house in Charleston, South Carolina.

Jonathan Lucas, Jr., the builder of the house, was born in England and developed milling machines for rice, which led to a boom in rice planting in South Carolina.^[2][3][4]

In 1893, the home began operating as medical facility called Riverside Infirmary, part of Memorial Hospital.^[5] It was also, for time, referred to as the Old Jennings House.

The National Historic Landmark house Hopsewee on the Santee River was also owned by family members, being purchased by John Hume Lucas in 1844.^[6][7]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Robert P. Stockton (Dec 5, 1977). "Jonathan Lucas House a Monument to Rice". Charleston News & Courier. p. B1. Retrieved Nov 26, 2012.
3. "Jonathan Lucas House, Charleston County (286 Calhoun St., Charleston)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved Nov 26, 2012.
4. "Rice to Ruin: The Jonathan Lucas Family in South Carolina, 1783–1929". www.sc.edu. University of South Carolina Press. Retrieved 2020-02-26.
5. "Historic Hospitals in Charleston". www.loislaneproperties.com. Retrieved 2022-02-07.
6. "Jonathan Lucas House HABS No. SC-41" (PDF). Historic American Buildings Survey. Retrieved 27 November 2012.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
7. "Hume-Lucas History" (PDF). Hopsewee Plantation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2010. Retrieved 27 November 2012.

External links

Media related to Jonathan Lucas House at Wikimedia Commons

• Historic American Buildings Survey including 24 photos and 3 data pages.