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1. 87 East Bay Street After Hurricane Hugo - 1989

   Kodachrome slide of 87 East Bay Street, after Hurricane Hugo. Date-stamped Oct. 89. Part of the Hurricane Hugo Damage Assessment Survey.

   Record Type: Photo

   
2. 87 East Bay Street (James Gordon House) - ca. 1996

   Two B&W photographs of the James Gordon House (87 East Bay Street): a: Front (east) elevation. b: Southeast corner of the building.

   Record Type: Photo

   
3. Property File - 87 East Bay Street (James Gordon House)

   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, wh...

   Record Type: Archive