The dwelling houses of Charleston, South Carolina (1917)
Smith, Alice R. Huger (Alice Ravenel Huger), b. 1876, Smith, D. E. Huger (Daniel Elliott Huger), Simons, Albert, 1890-1980 · Philadelphia, Lippincott · leaf 41
the town uncon-sumed. We reproduce from the Gazettes of 1740 itemsabout the fire of that year and a transcript of the Act of1740 regulating the ])rices of the building materials andlabor. Mayor Courtenay, in his year book for 1880, listedthe principal fires which have devastated this town. In 1008… … /Vu/{/ui C/iarrA i4t (J^ia^/^/€<)c/^^ THE OLD ST PHILIPS, FROM THE GENTLEMANS MAGAZINE OF JUNE, 17:.;3 EARLIEST BUILDINGS AND FREQUENT FIRES In 1700 most of the town burned. In 1731 another destructive fire. Of these earlier fires we have seen no detailed ac-counts, but of the great fire of 1740…
Historic buildings · Architecture, Domestic
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