Historical Marker
19 State Street
Historical marker location:
19 State Street, Charleston, South Carolina
( Marker is on State Street near Chalmers Street, on the right when traveling south.)
Marker installed: 1999
Frederick Wolfe House. circa 1796.
The Revolutionary War hero Francis Marion, known as the "Swamp Fox," was from South Carolina. Marion was a skilled guerrilla fighter who used the state's swamps and forests as cover to launch surprise attacks against the British.