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1. 128 Tradd Street (Humphrey Sommers House) - ca. 1920

   Scan of photograph of 128 Tradd Street (Humphrey Sommers House), southwest elevation; view of piazzas and fence. the staircase leading to the doorway.

   Record Type: Photo

   
2. 128 Tradd Street (Humphrey Sommers House) - ca. 1960s?

   B&W photograph of 128 Tradd Street (Humphrey Sommers House). Street elevation, corner view.

   Record Type: Photo

   
3. Looking North on Logan Street at Tradd Street - Undated

   B&W photograph of the view looking north on Logan Street at Tradd Street on a snowy day. On the left is the eastern facade of 130 Tradd Street. On the right is the fence to the yard at 128 Tradd Street. Top of a fire alarm box in foreground. (The device is no longer there, but there is a reference to it at that location in the 1888 Sanborn Insurance map.) (Description partially provided by Kevin Eberle.)

   Record Type: Photo

   
4. Property File - 128 Tradd Street (Humphrey Sommers House) and Open Space, 130 Tradd Street

   Constructed ca. 1765; additions 1790-1800, 1840s. Charleston's most noted 18th century builder-contractor constructed this L-shaped wooden dwelling on a raised masonry foundation on a point overlooking "Councellair's Creek" (now long filled) and the marshes of the Ashley River in 1765. Immigrating to Charleston from the west of England as a "slater," Humphrey Sommers prospered with commissions, one of which was as chief subcontractor of St. Micha...

   Record Type: Archive

   
5. Side Yard, 128 Tradd Street - Undated

   B&W photograph (scan) of a large fenced-in yard (side) of 128 Tradd Street (corner of Tradd and Logan Streets, looking north), on a snowy day. The west facade of the house is visible at the right in the photo. (Description partially provided by Kevin Eberle.)

   Record Type: Photo