8 Gillon Street is a photograph by Dale Powell which was uploaded on May 15th, 2017.
8 Gillon Street
Gillon Street, one of Charleston's few cobblestone streets, contains several sifnificant pre- and post-Revolutionary structures. 12 Gillon house a... more
by Dale Powell
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8 Gillon Street
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Dale Powell
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Gillon Street, one of Charleston's few cobblestone streets, contains several sifnificant pre- and post-Revolutionary structures. 12 Gillon house a tavern shortly after construction in 1740. It was occupied by the colorful merchant and politician Alexander Gillon in the 1780's. Gillon rose to great wealth within a decade of his arrival in Charleston in 1764. In the 1790's he championed anti-Federalist causes and also was largely responsible for the brief reintroduction of the African slave trade between 1803 and 1808. At the east end of the street an 1840s range of factors' offices, 9 Mid-Atlantic Wharf, survives, although it was given a Colonial Revival style facade in a 1941 renovation.
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