For more information contact The South Carolina Historical Society, 100 Meeting St. Internet Media Type: audio/mpeg Copyright Status Statement: Digital resource copyright 2010, The South Carolina Historical Society. County: Charleston County (S.C.) Language: English Shelving Locator: 44-30-05 Leggeĭate Digital: Digitization Specifications: Mp3 derivative audio created with Audacity software. Topical Subject: Sherman's March through the Carolinas, Rice plantations-South Carolina-1900-1910, Tenement houses, and Preservation and restoration Geographic Subject: Charleston (S.C.) and Moncks Corner (S.C.) S.C. Collection Title: South Carolina Historical Society Oral Histories Contributing Institution: South Carolina Historical Society Media Type: Oral Histories Personal or Corporate Subject: Bachman, John, 1790-1874 Legge worked privately and effectively to inspire the revitalization of this block of deteriorated eighteenth-century mercantile structures on East Bay Street which eventually came to be known as “Rainbow Row.” In the interview Legge also discusses growing up on Mulberry (on the Cooper River) and Bonny Hill (on the Combahee River) rice plantations and family history including the life of her mother’s grandfather, Rev. In this interview, Legge discusses her early efforts to restore homes on the peninsula and describes the restoration of her family’s residence at number 99 – 101 East Bay Street beginning in 1931.

Last updated on 11-23-2023 5:16 PM EST est.Īny images related to data from the MLS is the sole property of the MLS and not the responsibility of the owner of this website.Title: Oral history with Dorothy Porcher Legge Date: 1983 Interviewee: Legge, Dorothy Porcher Description: Dorothy Haskell Porcher Legge was a pioneer of historic preservation in Charleston. All rights reserved.Ĭopyright 2023 South Carolina commercial MLS, Inc. The broker providing these data believes them to be correct, but advises interested parties to confirm them before relying on them in a purchase decision.Ĭopyright 2023 Charleston Trident Multiple Listing Service, Inc. Real estate listings held by brokerage firms other than Marshall Walker Real Estate are marked with the Broker Reciprocity SM logo or the Broker Reciprocity SM thumbnail logo (a little black house) and detailed information about them includes the name of the listing brokers. It was originally submitted on June 4, 2009, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina.

This page was last revised on February 16, 2023.

Othneil Beale's House, 99 -101 East Bay Street, Charleston. The data relating to real estate for sale on this web site comes in part from the Broker Reciprocity SM Program of the Charleston Trident Multiple Listing Service. Photographed By Mike Stroud, October 6, 2011.

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