Unknown

Historic Property

Street Address:

101 Bull Street

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Site card S108042000100287000

Date Surveyed:

circa 1972

Construction Date:

circa 1851

Number of Stories:

3 1/2

Exterior Walls Materials:

Brick;Stucco

Roof Shape:

Flat

Signficant Architectural Features:

Built by Sarah Smith, these are 4 high-fashion and very elegant row houses. Later this block became a commisary store supplied by blockade runners during the War Between the States. Number 105 was bought after the war by Claudia Rhett and became her dancing school, a Charleston tradition for 2 generations of debutantes. Much of the original plasterwork, elaborate swags and rosettes still remain.

Survey:

Historic Charleston Foundation Survey 1972

Archives Location:

Box 1, Series 108042, Survey of historic resources (county by county data on surface properties), circa 1971-2014

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