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Property File |
Title |
51-53 Tradd Street (Hext Tenements) |
Scope & Content |
Constructed ca. 1736, restored 1966, 1980s. This 3-story stuccoed double tenement building stands on lot no. 60 of the Grand Modell, which was granted to Richard Tradd (father of the first male child born in Charleston) in 1694. Quoining, belt coursing, and a simple cornice ornament this hipped-roof paired dwelling. Alexander Hext built the present structure shortly after he acquired this lot in 1736 and at his death left the property to his sisters: the eastern tenement to Mary Harvey, and the western tenement to Elizabeth Seabrook. Harvey's son, Alexander, was a well-known Tory, and Seabrook's husband, George Saxby, was the receiver-general of His Majesty's Quit-rents in 1763 and stamp distributor in 1765. Both tenements were, therefore, confiscated in 1782 and granted to those of more patriotic sentiment. Another member of the family, the merchant William Harvey, built the notable stucco style house at 61 Tradd Street by 1770, nearly contemporaneously with his double tenements at 58 Meeting Street and 63 Tradd Street. This important house lost the woodwork of one of its rooms to the St. Louis Museum of Art in 1929. File contains FOHG garden history for 51 Tradd Street (undated); FOHG house and garden history for 51 Tradd Street (1973); FOHG house histories for 53 Tradd Street (undated, 1991; house history from Information for Guides of Historic Charleston (1984); newspaper article (1985). |
Subjects |
Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston |
Search Terms |
Tradd Street |
Physical Description |
1 File Folder |
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Object ID # |
TRADD.051-53.1 |