5 Tradd Street (Allen-Hext Tenement)

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Historic Charleston Foundation

5-7 Tradd Street, 1980s?: Origsize: 8x10; Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 75 dpi
5-7 Tradd Street, 1980s?

Origsize: 8x10; Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 75 dpi

Name/Title

5 Tradd Street (Allen-Hext Tenement)

Entry/Object ID

TRADD.005.1

Scope and Content

Construction partially dating from 1727 with rebuilding in 1743 and 1782-85; renovated 1937 and 1952. The New England merchant Andrew Allen built adjoining tenement structures on these sites prior to his marriage in 1727. His widow owned them at the time of the great fire of 1740 and conveyed them to her stepson, who in turn sold the properties to Daniel Hext. Hext probably rebuilt both buildings utilizing some surviving walls and while keeping the west tenement, he conveyed the eastern section. After the fire of 1778, the merchant owner Robert Brown probably rebuilt 5 Tradd and another owner rebuilt 7 Tradd Street before 1785, when it was in use as a grocery store. 7 Tradd retains irregularly placed ground story windows with side entries on opposite ends; the arched opening, apparently extensively used by 18th century commercial traffic, draws particular attention. The iron balcony on the eastern tenement is older than the semicircular balcony at 7 Tradd, executed by Philip Simons for William Gilbert, a sculptor who renovated the house in the 1940s. (Poston, Buildings of Charleston.) File contains FOHG house histories (2002, 2007); newspaper article (1982 DYKYC).

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

TRADD.005.

Source or Donor

5 Tradd Street (Allen-Hext Tenement)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

Tradd Street, 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 100

Shelf

Prop File Shelves, Property File Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

TRADD.007.1, TRADD.007.2a-b, TRADD.007.3, TRADD.013.1

Related Publications

Notes

Buildings of Charleston (see Abstract), pg. 137-138

General Notes

Note

Notes: Image #2 from newspaper article in property file.

Created By

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Create Date

May 16, 2012

Updated By

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Update Date

February 17, 2023