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Date
Winter 2-1978
Description
Adopted by Dubose Heyward, this section of Church Street is responsible for inspiring “Catfish Row” in his story “Porgy”. This story was eventually turned into the opera production “Porgy and Bess” which depicts black life in the 1920s in Charleston. These two neighboring houses share a double-hipped Mansard roof and are three stories tall. The buildings are also lined with well-preserved dormer windows.
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Creator 1 Role
Photographer
Recommended Citation
Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, MSS-0041, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.
Recommended Citation
Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, MSS-0041, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.
Keywords
Catfish Row, Charleston, South Carolina, Porgy & Bess, houses, historical
Notes
http://www.broadwaysbestshows.com/blog/2011/11/17/audra-mcdonald-of-the-gershwins-porgy-and-bess-visits-catfish-row-in-charleston-sc-photos/
(accessed 5 Dec 2011)
http://www.charlestontoday.net/2009/10/10/cabbage-row-catfish-row/
(accessed 5 Dec 2011)