Jonathan Lucas House
- Address: 286 Calhoun St
- Vicinity: Halsey Blvd
- Neighborhood of Radcliffe Borough in Charleston, SC
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1803/12/00 | Jonathan Lucas Jr | Owner | Jonathan Lucas buys a lot on Boundary Street (now Calhoun). A Federal mansion will be built for him by 1809, when he is listed in the city directory. The house is used as the main family residence and headquarters for a rice and lumber mills companies. | |||
| 1817/00/00 | Jonathan Lucas Jr | Work | John L Norton and Jonathan Lucas install steam power on a rice mill located on Lucas (now Barre) Street, just north of the Lucas House. | Rice | ||
| 1822/00/00 | Jonathan Lucas | Home, Work | Jonathan Lucas III is placed in charge the family milling and planting businesses in South Carolina when his father Jonathan Lucas sails off to England. | |||
| 1822/00/00 | Jonathan Lucas Jr | Work | Jonathan Lucas Jr travels to England at the invitation of the British government to develop his rice milling process there. | Rice | ||
| 1835/00/00 | Jonathan Lucas | Home, Work | After his parents' deaths, Jonathan Lucas inherits the family home and businesses. | |||
| 1887/00/00 | The City of Charleston purchase the old Lucas estate as the site of the new City Hospital. | |||||
| 1893/00/00 | City Hospital is equipped as the "River-Side Infirmary" for the treatment of private patients. | |||||
| 1921/00/00 | The Lucas building becomes the Kinloch Home for Nurses. Ownership will be transferred to the Medical Society of South Carolina (Roper Hospital) in 1932. |
| Particulars for Jonathan Lucas House: | |
|---|---|
| Architectural Style | Adamesque |
| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Criteria | Exemplar |
| Architectural Style | Federal Style |
| Area of Significance | Industry |
| Area of Significance | Invention |
| Criteria | Person |
| Historic Use | Single dwelling |
| Area of Significance | Social History |
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