The dwelling houses of Charleston, South Carolina /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Smith, Alice R. Huger (Alice Ravenel Huger), 1876-1958 (author and illustrator.), Smith, D. E. Huger (Daniel Elliott Huger) (Author)
Other Authors: Simons, Albert, 1890-1980 (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia ; London : J.B. Lippincott Company, 1917.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Charleston and its story
  • The earliest buildings and the frequent fires
  • Brewton's Corner and the old houses there
  • Vanderhorst Creek, White Point, and "Church Street continued"
  • A group of old houses on Meeting Street
  • The houses built by Miles Brewton, Robert Pringle and William Branford
  • Examples of architectural development following the Revolution
  • The neighborhood of Granville's Bastion
  • The fortifications on White Point, and the development of East and South Batteries
  • South Battery and Lower Meeting Street
  • South Bay, Legaré and Tradd Streets
  • Tradd, Orange and Broad Streets
  • From the city hall to the old exchange, Colleton Square, and Rhettsbury
  • Ansonborough, Laurens Square, and General Gadsden's land
  • Mazyckboro, Wraggboro, the citadel, the orphan house, and the free school land
  • The glebe of St. Philip's and the village of Harleston
  • Building materials
  • The building of Charles Pinckney's house in Colleton Square.