Dorothy Haskell Porcher Legge was a pioneer of historic preservation in Charleston. In this interview, Legge discusses her early efforts to restore homes on the peninsula and describes the restoration of her family’s residence at number 99 – 101 East Bay Street beginning in 1931. Legge worked privately and effectively to inspire the revitalization of this block of deteriorated eighteenth-century mercantile structures on East Bay Street which eventually came to be known as “Rainbow Row.” In the interview Legge also discusses growing up on Mulberry (on the Cooper River) and Bonny Hill (on the Combahee River) rice plantations and family history including the life of her mother’s grandfather, Rev. John Bachman. Audio with transcript and tape log.
A black and white negative of a mansion with a large front porch, rocking chairs, and ornate decoration around the front door located on Gippy Plantation. The home is surrounded by oaks covered with Spanish moss and palms.
A black and white negative of a large barn. In front are workhorses and a drawn cart filled with hay [?], a small building, a man [Nicholas Roosevelt?], and a tractor [?]. A pipe is shown coming out of an upper-floor window down to the ground into another piece of equipment. There are three [?] silos behind the barn. Photograph has a caption on the back that reads, 'Wooden Barn at Gippy Plantation. Nicholas Roosevelt. Moncks Corner, SC.'
A color photograph of a large barn. In front are workhorses and a drawn cart filled with hay [?], a small building, a man [Nicholas Roosevelt?], and a tractor [?]. A pipe is shown coming out of an upper-floor window down to the ground into another piece of equipment. There are three [?] silos behind the barn. Photograph has a caption on the back that reads, 'Wooden Barn at Gippy Plantation. Nicholas Roosevelt. Moncks Corner, SC.'
A color photograph of four grown horses and one colt grazing with houses and buildings pictured in the background. Photograph has a caption on the back that reads, 'Horses & [and] Brood mares at Gippy Plantation. King of [? Illegible] Dixie [?]. [Dr. Fishburne] 3 col NTC [?] take out mule's head.'
