Trott's Cottage

Historical marker location:

83 Cumberland Street, Charleston, South Carolina

( Marker is on Cumberland Street, 0.1 miles west of Church Street, on the left when traveling west.)

First Brick Dwelling. c.1709.

South Carolina was one of the original thirteen colonies that declared independence from Great Britain in 1776. However, it was also the first state to secede from the United States in 1860, which ultimately led to the Civil War.