Longitude Lane (General)

Archive

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Historic Charleston Foundation

Longitude Lane, early 20th century: Origformat: Print-Photographic
Longitude Lane, early 20th century

Origformat: Print-Photographic

Name/Title

Longitude Lane (General)

Entry/Object ID

LONGITUDE.GEN.1

Scope and Content

Developed before 1788. Developed by the mid-18th century, Charleston's urban core included several narrow alleys. One of these alleys, Longitude Lane, bisected larger central blocks, thus creating new lots for future development. Fully improved by the end of the 18th century, some of these lots contained substantial structures, many owned by the Russell-Dehon families. At the southwest corner of East Bay Street and Longitude Lane stood the 17th century house of the landgrave, Thomas Smith, governor of Carolina from 1693 to 1694. Longitude Lane, one of the surviving small alleys of the original city, formerly accessed rear buildings for the lots on Tradd Street as well as individual structures. Prior to construction of 51 Meeting Street, the Nathaniel Russell family lived at the northwest corner of Longitude and East Bay Street. (Poston, Buildings of Charleston.) File contains handwritten (HCF staff) scant references to properties owned by Nathaniel Russell on Church Street (1784) and Tradd Street (1788); deed and plat of (BK X4, PG 145, 1788) Longitude Lane property where Russell lived prior to moving to Meeting Street; property owned by Nathaniel Russell newspaper article (1958) about restoration of the brick dwelling "just off Church Street" (28 Longitude?); newspaper article (1961) about a cannon on Longitude Lane and the Battle of Longitude Lane; copy of 1852 plat by E.B. White of north side of Longitude Lane and south side of Tradd Street; letter to City of Charleston from architect William D. Evans (2002) regarding the history of 6 Longitude Lane, with enclosures (maps, plats).

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

LONGITUDE.GEN.

Source or Donor

Longitude Lane (General)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

Longitude Lane, Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston, Streets--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 65

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

2004.021.041, 2017.024.39 Related Units of Description: A Walk Around Ye Olde Charleston (photo, ca. 1912), 2005.001.02 Photograph of 25 Longitude Lane in Harper Scrapbook, 2010.001.04.

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 119-120 and pg. 74 (74 Church St.)

General Notes

Note

Notes: Photo 1, Sams Collection. Photo 2, Staats Collection.

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

March 9, 2010

Updated By

admin@catalogit.app

Update Date

February 17, 2023