Archive Record
| Object Type | Property File |
| Title | Wragg Street (a/k/a Aiken's Row a/k/a Wragg Square) |
| Scope & Content |
Constructed 1845. Two of the seven identical rental houses built by William Aiken still survive at these addresses. Earlier generations referred to these dwellings as the "Seven Wages" because of the often-told story that the rent from each of these houses supported the main Aiken residence on a given day of the week. these two-story houses have double-tiered front piazzas with Tuscan columns. All the interior and exterior woodwork derives from simple Greek Revival prototypes found in pattern books. The interior floor plan follows the double house tradition, but pocket doors separate the two rooms on each side of the hall. In the antebellum period each property had its own kitchen with piazza and a separate stable, forming a forecourt at the rear of the houses. Two houses were demolished in the first expansion of Courtenay School, ca. 1940, while three more were removed for the new school building in 1957. (Poston, Buildings of Charleston.) File contains description of Wraggborough and house history of 2 Wragg and 4 Wragg from Information for Guides of Historic Charleston (1984); FOHG house history for 4 Wragg (1997); excerpt about Wraggsborough [sic] from "Charleston in the Age of the Pinckneys"; brief description of Wraggborough and photos of demolished Aiken's Row dwellings from "This is Charleston"; captioned newspaper photograph showing the houses that were to be demolished (ca. 1940); excerpts (with photos) from "Buildings of Charleston," "The Dwelling Houses of Charleston," "Charleston Come Hell or High Water," "Charleston Then and Now," and "The Early Architecture of Charleston"; dissertation "To Rent: The Antebellum Landscape of Aiken's Row" (Morgan, 2012). |
| Subjects |
Historic buildings--South Carolina--Charleston Streets--South Carolina--Charleston Lost architecture--South Carolina--Charleston |
| Search Terms |
Wragg Square/Wragg Street/Aiken's Row Mazyckborough and Wraggborough Demolished buildings, lost buildings |
| Physical Description | 1 File Folder |
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| Object ID # | WRAGG.GEN.1 |