City Directories and History: ROBERT SHANDS SMITH HOUSE
Constructed circa 1840
“During the 1830s land on the north side of what is now Colonial Lake was sold in parcels by the planter Robert Hume. The parcel on which 110 Beaufain Street and its neighbor to the west stand
was purchased by Whiteford Smith. 110 Beaufain Street was transferred to Robert Shands Smith, a commission merchant, who built a three-and-a-half-story, scored stucco single house. The dwelling is a classic Charleston single house with restrained Greek Revival lines, a tripartite window in the front gable end, and double-tiered piazza with a flat roof. A modern addition off the third floor allows for another bathroom. Stuccoed belt coursing separates the second and third floors.”
Information from: The Buildings of Charleston – J.H. Poston for the Historic Charleston Foundation, 1997
Other sources of interest: Charleston Tax Payers of Charleston, SC in 1860-61 and the Dwelling Houses of Charleston by Alice R.H. Smith – 1917 The HCF may also have additional data at: Past Perfect and further research can be uncovered at: Charleston 1861 Census Schedule or The Charleston City Guide of 1872
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