Rainbow Row 1
by Cynthia Guinn
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Rainbow Row 1
Artist
Cynthia Guinn
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Description
Rainbow Row is a famous historical Charleston neighborhood that certainly lives up to its name. The collection of brightly-colored homes, which are stacked side by side. The story of Rainbow Row, like many of Downtown Charleston's homes, begins centuries ago before the country was even officially formed. In the 1740s, Charleston was thriving as a port hub, and construction began on a series of shops, homes and businesses, adjacent to the riverfront. The oldest of Rainbow Row's homes, on 97 and 99-101 East Bay Street, date back to 1748, when a local resident Othniel Beale purchased a lot in order to build a small brick store. The other homes along Rainbow Row would subsequently be added in the decades following, as the street was a perfect area for commerce, to serve the wharfs and docks that surrounded Charleston Harbor. Merchants often worked in the first floor shops, and lived with their families on the second floor, and the homes themselves, though distinctively different, were built side by side, often sharing an exterior wall and with no space in between.
Charleston, South Carolina USA.
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December 17th, 2019
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