8-10 Tradd Street The Lamboll Double Tenement
circa 1726
rebuilt 1781
The masonary structure of this double residence was constructed by Charleston merchant Thomas Lamboll
circa 1726. The date of construction is base on surviving land grants showing the establishment of common use alleys on either side of the property. The original frame upper story and roof were heavily damaged by fires in the mid-eighteenth century and rebuilt circa 1781. The gambrel or "Double gable" roof is a rare surviving example of an architectual form once common in eighteenth century Charleston. Regrettably the gambrel roof form has largely disappeared from the city as a result of early twentieth century demolitica.
This building was owned and repaired in 1918 by Miss Susan Pringle Frost, founder and first president of the Society for the Preservation of Old Dwellings of Charleston. Miss Frost was the guilding (?word) the restoration of many buildings in the (?word) including several on Tradd Street.
Marker is on Tradd Street, on the left when traveling east.
Courtesy hmdb.org
