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Susan Pringle Frost

Notable Accomplishments

In the early part of her real estate career Frost, looked at multiple houses on Tradd Street, which she initially described as a “distressing state of dilapidation”, but she decided to invest in two of the homes, by the end she had restored eleven in total. She was nicknamed the “Angel of Tradd Street”. At least ten of the houses that Frost renovated are now considered historical buildings, two of which are of Tradd St.

• 54 Tradd Street: Home to Charleston’s fifth postmaster, who operated a post office out of the front room of his house.
• 58 Tradd Street: Owed by Robert Wells in 1778, one of the largest booksellers and printers in the south.

Rainbow Row, 83-107 E Bay St, Charleston, SC 29401

One of the most notable contributions that Susan Pringle Frost made to the city of Charleston was the preservation of “Rainbow Row”. Frost previously owned the six houses in Charleston, that are now known as “Rainbow Row”, prior to its positive notoriety Rainbow Row was known to be a “dirty, decaying and violent slum”. Due to lack of financial resources, she could not afford to restore all six houses, she sold one of them to Judge Lionel Legge and his wife Dorothy, who started the trend of “Rainbow Row” by painting their house pink.

Frost also founded the Society for the Preservation of Old Dwellings, which is now known as the Preservation Society of Charleston, which advocates for the preservation of Charleston’s neighborhoods and architecture. Frost was a member of the Zoning Board.

In addition to her work as a renowned preservationist, she also was an advocate for gender equality in education. With the assistance of the Equal Suffrage League, she led a movement for women to be admitted into the College of Charleston.