89 East Bay Street (Deas-Tunno House)

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Historic Charleston Foundation

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89 East Bay Street

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Name/Title

89 East Bay Street (Deas-Tunno House)

Entry/Object ID

EBAY.089.1

Scope and Content

Constructed ca. 1780-87. The Scottish merchant George Seaman owned this property. It passed from him to his friend David Deas and then to Deas's nephew John Deas Jr., married to Seaman's step-daughter. Seaman's tenement was destroyed in 1778, and Deas rebuilt the present house either during or just after the Revolution. Adam Tunno, who rose to be one of Charleston's richest merchants, bought the property in 1787. Tunno, called the "King of the Scotch in Charleston," served as steward of the St. Andrews Society until his death in 1834. One story retains its original fenestration and interior on its upper floors. A stone-lined cellar, possibly used for wine and spirits, survives under the structure. The lower story was remodeled with a garage and service addition to the south in 1936 with the assistance of the Charleston restoration firm of Simons and Lapham. Tunno's property stretched to Bedon's Alley, and his extensive outbuildings, including slave quarters and former warehouses, today comprise some of the finest restored residences on the alley. (Poston, Buildings of Charleston.) File contains house history by Samuel Gaillard Stoney (undated); from Information for Guides of Historic Charleston (1984); house history from City of Charleston Tour Guide Training Manual (2011); news article (DYKYC, 1979); brief documentation containing a narrative history as told by owner Mrs. Alexander Martin deed research covering 1843-1936); 1886 earthquake damage assessment survey.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

EBAY.089.

Source or Donor

89 East Bay Street (Deas-Tunno House)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

East Bay Street, Rainbow Row, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Property File

Archive Details

Archive Size/Extent

1 File Folder

Archive Notes

Finding Aids: Index to Property Files Level of Description: Folder

Location

Location

Shelf

Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Location

Container

PF Box 34

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Simons, Albert

Person or Organization

Lapham, Samuel S.

Related Entries

Notes

EBAY.089.2, EBAY.089.3, EBAY.089.4, EBAY.089.5 Related Units of Description: Preservation Consultants files (89-107 East Bay) (Part I and/or Part II applications and/or photos and/or miscellaneous documentation), 2011.022.1

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 102-103

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

November 13, 2007

Updated By

admin@catalogit.app

Update Date

February 17, 2023