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Object Type |
Property File |
Title |
83 East Bay Street (William Stone House) |
Scope & Content |
Constructed ca. 1784; restored ca. 1941. Gutted in the fires of 1740 and 1778, this 4½-story house is named for William Stone, a Tory merchant who constructed the post-1740 building and retired to England during the Revolution. Apparently Stone's representatives rebuilt the damaged building almost immediately after the 1778 fire, for it was conveyed in 1784 for a price indicating its presence on the lot. The property passed through a succession of merchant owners who used the ground story as countinghouses and later as a grain and feed store, always maintaining a residence on the 3 stories above. Susan Pringle Frost restored the building in 1941 and added a balcony (brought from a State Street house) to the second story and a Colonial Revival style doorway to the front facade, replacing the 19th century storefront. At the rear of the property an early brick warehouse was demolished except for its exterior walls. These ruins serve as part of a courtyard landscape designed by Loutrel Briggs. Three files contain documentation of the easement on the property including related correspondence and Confirmation of Understanding; Part I certification (National Register); easement appraisal report; annual inspection reports, requests for alterations, and correspondence related to the management of the property; correspondence and other documentation related to the sale of the property; FOHG house histories; other narrative histories including chain-of-title researcg; newspaper articles (including DYKYC). No easement donation photographs (Exh. B to Deed of Conservation Easement) on file. See Covenant/Easement Inspection Photo Files for inspection photography. |
Subjects |
Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston Historic gardens |
Search Terms |
Easement Property East Bay Street Loutrel Briggs garden Rainbow Row |
Physical Description |
1 Gift Folder 1 Management Folder 1 History/Miscellaneous Folder |
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Object ID # |
EBAY.083.1 |