Daniel Hext Tenement
7 Tradd Street • c. 1740
The area fire of 1740 destroyed all or nearly all houses from Broad Street to Water Street and from East Bay Street to Church Street. Consequently, the houses on both sides of Tradd from East Bay to Church were probably constructed in 1740 and afterward. But in many cases they are still among the earliest surviving buildings in Charleston.
7 Tradd Street
The two-story row houses in the first block of Tradd Street are likely to provide the best idea of what most of the walled the city looked like before 1740. Many were probably rebuilt on existing foundations, and some may have been rebuilt within surviving brick walls.
This example still has its shop entrance on the street and an open passage on the right side that leads to the original private entrance, and on through to the back yard.
The balcony is by the renowned Charleston blacksmith Philip Simmons. •
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