Carolina Snaps
The History Behind Rainbow Row in Charleston
Season 4 Episode 9 | 1mVideo has Closed Captions
Rainbow Row has become a beloved symbol of Charleston's rich colonial heritage.
Rainbow Row, a collection of 13 pastel brick homes, has become a beloved symbol of Charleston's rich colonial heritage. Dating back to the 1800s, these houses showcase distinct chimneys, square windows, and intricate colonial-style details.
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Carolina Snaps is a local public television program presented by SCETV
Support for this program is provided by The ETV Endowment of South Carolina.
Carolina Snaps
The History Behind Rainbow Row in Charleston
Season 4 Episode 9 | 1mVideo has Closed Captions
Rainbow Row, a collection of 13 pastel brick homes, has become a beloved symbol of Charleston's rich colonial heritage. Dating back to the 1800s, these houses showcase distinct chimneys, square windows, and intricate colonial-style details.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipAlthough these buildings look bright and new, these houses date all the way back to the 1700s.
Rainbow Row is a highly popular tourist attraction located in historic downtown Charleston, South Carolina.
The row consists of 13 pastel brick homes which showcase distinct chimneys, square windows, and intricate colonial style details.
The iconic array of pastels that Rainbow Row is known for all started when preservationist Dorothy Haskell Porcher Legge bought the Othniel Beale House on 99-101 East Bay Street in the 1930s.
Despite opposition from other Charlestonians, Legge renovated the Othniel Beale house and painted it a bright pink color, which quickly caught on with the rest of her neighbors.
Legge later partnered with fellow preservationist Susan Pringle Frost to renovate many of the deteriorating homes on East Bay Street while maintaining most of their original designs and parts.
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Carolina Snaps is a local public television program presented by SCETV
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