Back of photograph: "9 Stoll's Alley" This quaint brick paved passage was named for Justinus Stoll, a blacksmith, who is thought to have built his home at No. 7 Stoll's Alley, c. 1745. The street was a run down slum in 1927, and has been…
Back of photograph: "(c) Henry P. Staats / 329 East Bay / 'Gadsden House'" 329 East Bay Street, or the Gadsden-Morris House is “one of the tallest and most finely detailed of Charleston’s Federal single homes,” according to Jonathan Poston. The house…
Back of photograph: "(c) Henry P. Staats / 332 East Bay St. / Chas. S.C." 332 East Bay Street, or the Robert Primrose House was built by auctioneer, Robert Primrose built his home on the site of Christopher Gadsden’s former residence. The brick house…
Back of photograph: "(c) Henry P. Staats / 54 Meeting St." 54 Meeting Street was constructed in the early nineteenth century by Timothy Ford, a well-to-do lawyer from New Jersey. Upon graduating from Princeton, Ford moved to Charleston to work with…
Back of photograph: "(c) Henry P. Staats / South Carolina Soc. Hall / Chas. 72 Meeting St." The South Carolina Society Hall was designed by local gentleman architect, Gabriel Manigault. It was constructed as a society hall and school for a fraternity…