Start of Rainbow Row in the Charleston Historic District
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109 East Bay Street - Search For Historic Charleston Homes For Sale At http://www.ourcharlestonhome.com/Historic-Charleston-Homes 109 East Bay c.1909 This two story stuccoed brick building was built in 1909 as the printing plant of Walker, Evan & Cogswell. The name of the contractor, Henry Oliver, appears in raised letters on the cast iron crash guards which flank the building's entrances. ln 1983, the building was converted to residential condominiums. (Stockton, unpub. M.S.)
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105 East Bay Street - Search For Historic Charleston Homes For Sale At http://www.ourcharlestonhome.com/Historic-Charleston-Homes 105 East Bay Lewis Dutarque House c.1784 Lewis Dutarque's house, built before 1784 is masked by a late 19th century store front, added by the Guida family who owned the property from 1890 to 1970. The interior retains Federal details. (Stockton, "Rainbow Row,"; Stockton, DYKYC, June 4,1979.) 107 East Bay -- John Blake built this three and one-half story, stuccoed brick building c. 1792, using the wall of the building to the south to support his joists. (Stockton, "Rainbow Row,"; Stockton, DYKYC, Feb. 21,1977.; Stoney, This is Charleston , p.44 )
99 & 101 East Bay Street - Search For Historic Charleston Homes For Sale At http://www.ourcharlestonhome.com/Historic-Charleston-Homes 99-101 East Bay c.1741 Othniel Beale's double building was built after the great fire of 1740, which devastated most of the Charlestown waterfront. During the 1740s Beale, who lived here, was in charge of the strengthening of the city' s fortifications. He also owned a wharf in front of the house. His home retains handsome cypress paneling and other woodwork in the main rooms. The building was restored in the 1930s by Judge and Mrs. Lionel K. Legge. As a gesture of appreciation for their preservation efforts , the Society for the Preservation of Old Dwellings (now the Preservation Society of Charleston) permitted the Legges to place the iron balcony, owned by the society, on the front of the building. (Stockton, "Rainbow Row,"; Stockton, DYKYC, May 21,1979.; Stoney, This is Charleston , p.43 ; Ravenel, Architects , p.20-21 )
95 East Bay Street - Search For Historic Charleston Homes For Sale At http://www.ourcharlestonhome.com/Historic-Charleston-Homes 95 East Bay c.1741 The identity of the builder of the Flemish gabled building has never been established, but it is fairly certain the house was built soon after the great fire of 1740. Othniel Beale, who built 97 and 99-101 East Bay, may have had something to do with the design and constuction of this house, because its facade is related to his by giant order pilasters. lt may also have been built by Joseph Shute (for whom Shute's Folly was named), who was the owner in 1748. Subsequently, the building was owned by Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, the patriot officer and statesman, who was a delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention in 1790, minister to France in 1796 and Federalist candidate for President in 1800, 1804 and 1808. (Stockton, "Rainbow Row,"; Stockton, DYKYC, May 14,1979.; Stoney, This is Charleston , p.42 )
91 East Bay Street - Search For Historic Charleston Homes For Sale At http://www.ourcharlestonhome.com/Historic-Charleston-Homes 91 East Bay c.1788 Built by the merchantile firm of Leger and Greenwood (Peter Leger and William Greenwood), sometime before 1788, the building has undergone metamorphosis at least twice. Built originally as a store with residence above, the building, sometime in the mid 19th century, was given a Greek Revival facade and the upper floors were converted to loft space. When Mr. and Mrs. John McGowan restored the house in 1941, they removed the Greek Revival elements and gave the building its distinctive gable and the arched doorways. Originally known as Middle Alley, the passage ran from the arch on East Bay west to Bedon's Alley. lt is mentioned in Thomas Elliott's will in 1731. (Stockton, "Rainbow Row,"; Stockton, DYKYC, April 23,1979.; Stoney, This is Charleston , p.42 )
89 East Bay Street - Search For Historic Charleston Homes For Sale At http://www.ourcharlestonhome.com/Historic-Charleston-Homes 89 East Bay c.1787 This three and one-half story brick house was built in 1787 for John Deas, Jr. , scion of a prominent family of merchants and planters . The one story extension to the south, containing a garage and guest quarters, was built in 1936 and designed by Simons & Lapham, architects. (Stockton, "Rainbow Row,"; Stockton, DYKYC, April 16,1979.; Stoney, This is Charleston , p.42 )
87 East Bay Street - Search For Historic Charleston Homes For Sale At http://www.ourcharlestonhome.com/Historic-Charleston-Homes 87 East Bay c.1792 -- James Gordon, a merchant and planter apparently of Scots origin, built this four story stuccoed brick house, with quoins on the corners, sometime after 1792. (Stockton, "Rainbow Row,"; Stockton, DYKYC, Sept. 27,1982.)
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73 East Bay Street - Search For Historic Charleston Homes For Sale At http://www.ourcharlestonhome.com/Historic-Charleston-Homes 73 East Bay c.1918 Dr. Julius Sosnowski built this two story residence c. 1918. Originally the dark red brick was exposed; it was stuccoed in 1979 when the building was rehabilitated. (Stockton, DYKYC, Oct. 29,1979.)
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57 East Bay Street - Search For Historic Charleston Homes For Sale At http://www.ourcharlestonhome.com/Historic-Charleston-Homes 57 East Bay Thomas Pinckney House c.1783 Gen. Thomas Pinckney's house, a three story stuccoed brick house with quoins, was built c. 1783. Gen. Pinckney was Governor of South Carolina, the first U.S. Minister to England and the envoy to Spain who negotiated the treaty opening the Mississippi River to American navigation. The iron balcony came from 2 Queen St. (Stoney, This is Charleston , p. ; Williams, A Founding Family , passim )
55 East Bay Street - Search For Historic Charleston Homes For Sale At http://www.ourcharlestonhome.com/Historic-Charleston-Homes 55 East Bay Jonathan Simpson House c.1780 A three and one-half story stuccoed brick building, this valuable structure was built c. 1780 by Jonathan Simpson. (Stoney, This is Charleston , p.40 )
53 East Bay Street - Search For Historic Charleston Homes For Sale At http://www.ourcharlestonhome.com/Historic-Charleston-Homes 53 East Bay c.1780 This three and one-half story stuccoed brick building is presumed to be post-Revolutionary. lt is the home of the Charleston Club, organized in 1852. (Stoney, This is Charleston , p.40 )
51 East Bay Street - Search For Historic Charleston Homes For Sale At http://www.ourcharlestonhome.com/Historic-Charleston-Homes 51 East Bay c.1799 This three story stuccoed brick house was built c. 1799 by Caspar Chrisian Shutt, a wealthy German merchant, who had his counting house and residence here. Subsequently, it was acquired in 1821 by John Fraser, a partner in John Fraser & Co. and in Fraser Trenholm & Co. , which firms became blockade runners during the Civil War. The piazza levels show the "proper" progression of orders: Doric on the first, lonic on the second and Corinthian on the third. Tradition says Charles T. Lowndes, who purchased the property in 1836, demolished an adjacent house to build the piazza, and his son Rawlins Lowndes later pulled down another house to make space for the garden. (Smith & Smith, Dwelling Houses , p.160 ; Stockton, DYKYC, Jan. 1,1979.; Stoney, This is Charleston , p.40 )
47 East Bay Street - Search For Historic Charleston Homes For Sale At http://www.ourcharlestonhome.com/Historic-Charleston-Homes 47 East Bay Mrs. Boone's House c.1740 cir. 1740, is a three and one-half story brick single house. lts extremely thick brick walls may have survived the great fire of 1740 and date from a house she inherited in 1733 from her husband Joseph Boone. Boone came to Carolina from England in 1680 with a large company of Puritans. Anne's father, Landgrave Daniel Axtell was the leader of the party. Boone led many of the political battles of these dissenters in the early 18th century. The middle window on the ground floor was probably the original entrance. The iron balcony was from another old house and the iron gates to the carriage house were added by George Moffett before 1917. The Doric columned piazza was added c. 1840. (Stockton, DYKYC, Feb. 1,1982.; Smith & Smith, Dwelling Houses , p.161-168 ; Stoney, This is Charleston , p.40 ; Stoney, Charleston's Historic Houses , 1949,16-17 )
45 East Bay Street - Search For Historic Charleston Homes For Sale At http://www.ourcharlestonhome.com/Historic-Charleston-Homes 5 East Bay c.1780 Adam Daniel, in 1757, conveyed this portion of Lot No.1 to James Hartley. Hartley made his will later the same year, directing that his executor see that his dwelling house here "be Completely finished upon the Plan and present Design thereof." Hartley's dwelling house seems not to have survived and it appears that the present house was built by his son-in-law, William Somersall, in the decade or so after the Revolution.(Stockton, unpub. M.S.; Stoney, This is Charleston , p.39 )
43 East Bay Street - Search For Historic Charleston Homes For Sale At http://www.ourcharlestonhome.com/Historic-Charleston-Homes 43 East Bay c.1755 This house stands on part of Lot No. 1 of the Grand Modell, which was granted by the Lord Proprietors, in 1682, to Maurice Mathews and Jame Moore. A portion of Town Lot No. 1 was acquired at some point by John Daniel who on his death devised it to his son Adam Daniel. Adam Daniel, in 1755, conveyed this portion of Lot No. 1 to George Sommers. The property was described at the time as having a "Tenement" thereon. This house, which stylistically dates from c. 1755, is either the "Tenement" mentioned in the deed or was erected by George Sommers soon after the purchase. The property then bounded to the south "partly on the Brick Wall and partly on a small wooden bridge leading to the Westward" across a finger of marsh extending north from Vanderhorst Creek.(Stockton, unpub. M.S.; Stoney, This is Charleston , p.39 ; Chamberlain & Chamberlain, Southern Interiors )
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