{{Short description|Historic building in Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.}} {{Use American English|date=July 2022}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2022}} right | thumb | The Daniel Legare House is at 79 Anson Street.
The '''Daniel Legare House''' is the oldest surviving house in the historic Ansonborough area of Charleston, South Carolina.<ref name="DYKYC?">{{cite news | url=http://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2%3A13CCA871AD118D5A%40GB3NEWS-154655BAE47157F4%402440970-15455DAB482FB35A%4010-154667CD1DC24D28%40?search_terms=79%20Anson%7Chouse%7Cbuilt&s_dlid=DL0116041020185906855&s_ecproduct=SUB-Y-6995-RI&s_ecprodtype=RENEW-A-R&s_trackval=&s_siteloc=&s_referrer=&s_subterm=Subscription%20until%3A%2007%2F13%2F2016&s_docsbal=%20&s_subexpires=07%2F13%2F2016&s_docstart=&s_docsleft=&s_docsread=&s_accountid=AC0113061420484320982&s_upgradeable=no | title=79 Anson Is Oldest Dwelling in Annsonborough | work=News and Courier | date=January 18, 1971 | accessdate=April 10, 2016 | author=Thomas, W.H.J. | location=Charleston, South Carolina | pages=B1}}</ref> The land upon which the house was built was sold to Daniel Crawford in May 1745 for a price that was much lower than expected for a house at the time, thereby suggesting a construction date after that time.<ref name="DYKYC?" /> The house was finished and named after Daniel Legare, a local planter and congressman.
== History == When Crawford's estate sold the property in 1760, the deed included a reference to buildings on the grounds.<ref name="DYKYC?" /> Details about the house suggest two different construction periods.<ref name="DYKYC?" /> For example, there are breaks in the vertical woodwork between the second (main entrance) floor and the third floor, suggesting that the third floor is a later addition.<ref name="DYKYC?" /> Daniel Crawford possibly erected the roughly finished basement and first floor of the house while Daniel Legare, a man of means, perhaps expanded the house by adding the upper floor.<ref name="DYKYC?" /> Daniel Legare, was a representative to the first provincial congress of SC.
Later owners included Bishop William May Wightman. Wightman served as the first president of Wofford College.<ref name="DYKYC? 1931">{{cite news | url=http://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2%3A13CCA871AD118D5A%40GB3NEWS-1589A89FA74B5BB3%402426571-1587F7512A2D3C9B%409-158A9042F284A1E8%40?search_terms=79%20Anson%7Chouse%7Cbuilt&s_dlid=DL0116041020342709228&s_ecproduct=SUB-Y-6995-RI&s_ecprodtype=RENEW-A-R&s_trackval=&s_siteloc=&s_referrer=&s_subterm=Subscription%20until%3A%2007%2F13%2F2016&s_docsbal=%20&s_subexpires=07%2F13%2F2016&s_docstart=&s_docsleft=&s_docsread=&s_accountid=AC0113061420484320982&s_upgradeable=no | title=Do You Know Your Charleston? | work=News and Courier | date=August 17, 1931 | accessdate=April 10, 2016 | location=Charleston, South Carolina | pages=10}}</ref>
{{As of|November 2025}}, it is still privately owned.<ref>{{Cite web |title=79 Anson St, Charleston, SC 29401 - 5 beds/5.5 baths |url=https://www.redfin.com/SC/Charleston/79-Anson-St-29401/home/68552826 |access-date=2026-01-19 |website=Redfin |language=en}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Legare, Daniel, House}} Category:Houses in Charleston, South Carolina
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