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Property File |
Title |
87 East Bay Street (James Gordon House) |
Scope & Content |
Constructed ca. 1792; rehabilitated ca. 1930. A Scottish merchant and planter built this, the largest of all the buildings in Rainbow Row, after acquiring the site in 1792. A previous tenement belonging to the English merchant George Seaman was destroyed in the fire of 1778. James Gordon mentioned the property in his 1816 will as "my house and store on East Bay," and it was sold by his executor, Charles Edmondston, in 1818 to Thomas Higgam, who with his partner Charles Hubert owned 85 East Bay Street next door. The stucco brick house has its original fenestration and low hipped roof with corner quoining. Purchased by Miss Susan Pringle Frost in 1920, the second-floor balcony and other changes were made by her prior to her sale of the house in 1955. Unlike the rest of Rainbow Row, the house largely retains its aged stucco finish. File contains letter dated 3/20/2000 about unauthorized removal of material by a carpenter(?); house history from Information for Guides of Historic Charleston. |
Subjects |
Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston |
Search Terms |
East Bay Street Rainbow Row |
Physical Description |
1 File Folder |
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Object ID # |
EBAY.087.1 |