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Property File |
Title |
55 King Street (Grimke-Fraser Tenements) |
Scope & Content |
Constructed ca. 1762. Originally built as a double tenement by the jeweler Frederick Grimké, this property was inherited in the late-18th century by his grandson, Charles Fraser. Fraser, Charleston's most noted early miniaturist, painted likenesses of more than 500 of Charleston's elite during his long career. The 2½-story Flemish bonded brick dwelling was converted to a single family residence in the mid-20th century, but a fire wall is still visible through the slate hipped roof. (Poston, Buildings of Charleston.) File contains FOHG house histories (1974, 1995); other narrative histories; newspaper articles (including undated DYKYC); house history from Information for Guides of Historic Charleston. |
Subjects |
Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston |
Search Terms |
King Street Eighteenth-Century Expansion |
Physical Description |
1 File Folder |
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Object ID # |
KING.055.1 |