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Plot of Land History of 35 Legare Street

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The property dates to the implementation of the Grand Modell plan for Charleston by the Proprietors in 1694. The plot of land which
would have encompassed 35 Legare Street was laid out during the final phase as lots #226 and #227 (as seen in the 1720 map above); it
was originally conveyed from the Proprietors to Joshua Redwood on June 12, 1694.* By this third phase when the Legare Street plot was
laid out, much of the lower peninsula had been plotted out.
By 1690, Charles Town was the fifth largest city in the colonies with 1,000 to 1,200 residents. At this time the Charleston Neck was
populated with plantations. The walls of the city were constructed by 1704, however, were removed in 1719 to allow for expanding
development.*
*Susan Baldwin Bates and Harriott Cheves Leland, Proprietary Records of South Carolina, Vol. 3, (Charleston, SC: History Press, 2005), 163.
*Poston, The Buildings of Charleston, 17.