The dwelling houses of Charleston, South Carolina / by Alice R. Huger Smith and D.E. Huger Smith ; with 128 illustrations from drawings by Alice R. Huger Smith, photographs, and architectural drawings by Albert Simons.

Main entry:

Smith, Alice R. Huger (Alice Ravenel Huger), 1876-1958, author and illustrator.

Title & Author:

Publication:

Philadelphia, [Pa.] ; London : J.B. Lippincott Company, 1917.

Description:

4 preliminary leaves, 3-386 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations (including frontispiece), plates, plans ; 25 cm

Notes:
"This limited edition has been printed from type and the type distributed"--Half-title page verso.
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.

Subject:

Historic buildings South Carolina Charleston.
Architecture, Domestic South Carolina Charleston.
Dwellings South Carolina Charleston.
Habitations Caroline du Sud Charleston.
Architecture, Domestic.
Buildings.
Dwellings.
Historic buildings.
Charleston (S.C.) Buildings, structures, etc.
South Carolina Charleston.

Added entries:

Smith, D. E. Huger (Daniel Elliott Huger), author.
Simons, Albert, 1890-1980, illustrator.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 41113
Call No.: 9370; ID:89-B1249
Status: Available

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