Carolina Snaps
Susan Pringle Frost
Season 5 Episode 11 | 1mVideo has Closed Captions
Susan Pringle Frost left a colorful legacy protecting Charleston's historic charm.
Susan Pringle Frost, a Charleston native and suffragette, founded the Preservation Society of Charleston in 1920 to save the city's historic buildings after learning the Manigault House was to become a gas station. She pioneered the pastel-colored restoration of Rainbow Row. As a real estate agent, she bought, restored and resold many historic homes.
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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
Susan Pringle Frost
Season 5 Episode 11 | 1mVideo has Closed Captions
Susan Pringle Frost, a Charleston native and suffragette, founded the Preservation Society of Charleston in 1920 to save the city's historic buildings after learning the Manigault House was to become a gas station. She pioneered the pastel-colored restoration of Rainbow Row. As a real estate agent, she bought, restored and resold many historic homes.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipSusan Pringle Frost was a leader in the Women's Suffrage Movement in Charleston and an important figure in the preservation of Charleston's historic buildings.
In 1920, Frost opened her own real estate office, and upon learning the Charleston's historic Joseph Manigault house on Meeting Street was threatened to become a gas station Frost convened the first meeting of the legendary Preservation Society of Charleston.
She combined her interest in real estate and preservation, buying many historic buildings in Charleston, restoring them and then reselling them.
Frost was involved in the area located near Charleston's East Bay and Tradd Streets.
Her brilliant decision to paint a house a pastel color after restoring it was the prototype for other housing restorations in the area known as Charleston's beloved Rainbow Row.
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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.