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1. 44-46 Queen Street (Abraham Sasportas Tenements) - ca. 1996

   Two B&W photographs of 44-46 Queen Street (Abraham Sasportas Tenements), street (front) elevation, ca. 1996. Photo A shown here. Photo B (not scanned) features the second and third stories, with a view looking up.

   Record Type: Photo

   
2. Property File - 44-46 Queen Street (Abraham Sasportas Tenements)

   Constructed ca. 1800; altered mid-19th century. A native of the Bordeaux region of France, Jewish merchant Abraham Sasportas immigrated to Charleston by 1778. After amassing numerous properties, including slaves and town lots, Sasportas returned to France in 1818, leaving his wife behind and providing her with a residence on Queen Street. The westernmost tenement boasts a double-tiered Tuscan columned piazza and red sandstone window heads probabl...

   Record Type: Archive