Name/Title
87 East Bay Street (James Gordon House)Entry/Object ID
EBAY.087.1Scope and Content
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, who with his partner Charles Hubert owned 85 East Bay Street next door. The stucco brick house has its original fenestration and low hipped roof with corner quoining. Purchased by Miss Susan Pringle Frost in 1920, the second-floor balcony and other changes were made by her prior to her sale of the house in 1955. Unlike the rest of Rainbow Row, the house largely retains its aged stucco finish.
File contains letter dated 3/20/2000 about unauthorized removal of material by a carpenter(?); house history from Information for Guides of Historic Charleston.Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Property RecordsAcquisition
Accession
EBAY.087.Source or Donor
87 East Bay Street (James Gordon House)Acquisition Method
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Search Terms
East Bay Street, Rainbow Row, Historic buildings--South Carolina--CharlestonArchive Details
Archive Size/Extent
1 File FolderArchive Notes
Finding Aids: Index to Property Files
Level of Description: FolderLocation
Location
Shelf
Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentDate
February 7, 2023Location
Container
PF Box 34Shelf
Prop File Shelves, Property File ShelvesRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
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Related Entries
Notes
EBAY.087.2a-b, EBAY.087.3Related Publications
Notes
Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 102Created By
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November 13, 2007Updated By
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February 16, 2023