The Colonel Alexander Hext Tenements

This Georgian double-tenement is located on part of lot number 60 of the Grand Modell, a city plan developed between 1670-1680. Lot number 60 was granted originally to Richard Tradd, after whose family Tradd Street is named. The property was constructed circa 1736 as an investment by Colonel Alexander Hext, a Johns Island planter who served as a member of the Commons House of Assembly from 1725-1736. Number 53 Tradd was later the home of George Saxby, a prominent merchant and planter. Saxby served as a member of the Commons House of Assembly in 1746 and from 1751-1753, and as Inspector of Stamp Duties during the Stamp Act crisis of 1765. During the crisis, a mob ransacked his house in search of stamps, and Saxby was burned in effigy. The Colonel Hext Tenements were restored in the 1950’s.

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