City Directories and History: LONGITUDE LANE
Developed before 1788
Developed by the mid-eighteenth century, Charleston’s urban core included several narrow alleys. One of these alleys, Longitude Lane, bisected larger central blocks, thus creating new lots for future development. Fully improved by the end of the eighteenth century, some of these lots contained substantial structures, many owned by the Russell-Dehon families. At the southwest corner of East Bay Street and Longitude Lane stood the seventeenth-century house of the landgrave Thomas Smith, governor of Carolina from 1693 to 1694.
Please enjoy this structure and all those listed in Roots and Recall. But remember each is private property. So view them from a distance or from a public area such as the sidewalk or public road.
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