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Daniel Cannon House

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Known as the Daniel Cannon House for its first owner, this classic urban villa stands proudly along Calhoun Street in historic Charleston. A builder and sawmill proprietor who also developed the neighborhood surrounding the home – now aptly called as Cannonborough – Cannon built the high basement of the house before he died in 1802. His will bequeathed his “beloved daughter Martha Cannon … [the] occupation and enjoyment of the new house now building” for the duration of her life. She then supervised the completion of the residence.

Daniel Cannon House

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The home’s interior is noted for its elegant Adamesque details, and it is considered one of the finest remaining Federal residences in the city. William Gregg, among the South’s most renowned entrepreneurs, lived the home from 1838 through 1855. Gregg was born in Virginia but later moved to South Carolina where he established Graniteville Mill near Aiken. When he moved to Charleston in 1838, he went into business with the Hayden brothers (Augustus, Nathaniel, and Sidney Hayden were each partners with Gregg at one time or another). Together they became Charleston’s the leading suppliers of luxury goods and jewelry. Gregg sold the home to General John Rutledge, III, grandson of Governor John Rutledge.

Daniel Cannon House Interior

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For many years the house was referred to as the Anderson House in honor of the last family to reside there. The Andersons left the house to the Medical University of South Carolina under a life tenancy provision meaning they were able to live in the home for the duration of their lives. When the Medical University acquired the home in 2002, it began a complete rehabilitation of the property including window repairs, plaster and molding restoration, and the removal of all porch enclosures. Today the house serves as administrative space for the School of Pharmacy.

Daniel Cannon House Library of Congress

Library of Congress, 1977, Prints & Photographs Division, HABS SC,10-CHAR,239–1

Do You Know Your Charleston?


Charleston’s local paper, The News & Courier, ran a weekly column for many years called “Do You Know Your Charleston?” It featured a write-up of buildings in the city. This house holds the distinction of being the first building showcased. On September 3, 1928, the following article was published.

Daniel Cannon House Article

Courtesy of The Post & Courier, September 3, 1928

William Gregg, One of Great Pioneers in Manufacturing Made Home Here

This picture is of the house of William Gregg, now the home of T. B. Anderson, and following is from William Gregg, Factory Master of the Old South by Prof. Broadus Mitchell of Johns Hopkins University, lately published by the University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, N.C.;

“The family remained in Charleston for most of the time during the next sixteen years (from 1834). The large, square, cypress clapboard mansion, with great porches at the front and side, is now numbered 274 Calhoun street. When Gregg bought it at and lived there, the yard was almost an island, Calhoun street being a creek. Most of the houses now standing near are built on made ground. An old oil painting shows the Gregg house surrounded by blue water and embosomed in trees which further envelop it today. The family used a boat a good deal for exit and entry, and crabs used to nibble at the bare toes of the children when they came down to the brink of the yard. Two large palmettos stand at the sides of the front walk, and carry a peculiar Gregg association, for Mrs. Gregg raised them from seed indoors and set them out. The garden in Gregg’s time (he always took a pride in gardening – in Charleston, at Kalmia and at the Graniteville Mill itself) was a show place of the city, and drivers from the Charleston hotel used to bring visitors to admire it.”

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Daniel Cannon House Porch

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Daniel Cannon House

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Daniel Cannon House Entry Detail

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Daniel Cannon House Entry Stairs

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Daniel Cannon House Side View

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Plan Your Trip: Daniel Cannon House

Where is Daniel Cannon House located?
Address: 274 Calhoun Street, Charleston, SC 29425
GPS Coordinates: 32.783307,-79.946410
Website: http://www.studioa-architecture.com/musc-school-of-pharmacy/
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    1. William Maxwell Gregg says

      April 24, 2022 at 12:40 AM

      DANIEL CANNON: My Grandfather (x6). Will dated in June 1802. Probate Jan. 21, 1803. (As recorded on My Family Tree by my Father: Walter W. Gregg, Sr.) We are not related to Graniteville Co. WILLIAM GREGG/ unless if taken back to Clan MacGregor/ Scotland! THEN, PROBABLY!

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    2. Olya Cannon Fessard says

      January 28, 2021 at 6:46 PM

      Daniel Cannon is my ancestor. His father settled with General Oglethrope at Cannon’s Point Preserve, St. Simon’s Island. He was General Oglethorpe’s master carpenter. Apparently, when General Oglethorpe was called back to England, Daniel Cannon moved to Charleston, or nearby. Daniel Cannon, his son, was in the process of building this house when he passed away, leaving the plans for his daughter to finish the home—where she lived for some time.

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    3. Susan Davis says

      June 23, 2019 at 8:53 PM

      I am looking for an old general mercantile store owned by a Hughston family somewhere in late 1700-1850. Any information would be appreciated. I understand that it was a fairly large store.

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    4. Clydene Cannon says

      August 31, 2018 at 6:09 PM

      This is my husband’s ancestor’s house I believe. Have to find Daniel’s Will/Probate to be certain. Interesting and such a beautiful house. We’ve been to Charleston but didn’t even know his genealogy then or how close we were to the Daniel Cannon House. Does anyone have a copy of that will they can offer up?

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