Chet Smolski, Rhode Island College

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Date

Winter 2-1978

Description

Once the center of Charleston’s commerce, these homes have since been purchased and restored by Dorothy Legge. The name “Rainbow Row” was coined with these buildings due to their wide variety of vibrant colors. These 1700s style buildings used to be home for many merchants who sold goods on the first floor and lived in the above floors. Along with “Catfish Row” on Church Street, this section of buildings also inspired the architecture seen in the story of Porgy and Bess.

Notes

http://www.charlestonlowcountry.com/about/RainbowRow.html

(accessed 5 Dec 2011)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_Row

(accessed 5 Dec 2011)

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This object from the Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, housed by the Rhode Island College Special Collections, and any of its digital surrogates are the intellectual property of Rhode Island College. This digital object is protected by copyright and/or related rights. The digital material presented here is licensed with a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. This content can be used, shared, or adapted for educational and scholarly purposes. For permissions to use this item please contact digitalcommons@ric.edu. All uses must include appropriate attribution.

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Photographer

Recommended Citation

Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, MSS-0041, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.

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Keywords

Rainbow Row, Charleston, South Carolina, Porgy & Bess, houses, historical

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