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I've done the same thing, but instead of drawing the map, I just spray adhesive-d a google map print out and cut around the streets!
Scott

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The width of a Charleston Single House actually has nothing to do with taxes - it's just a fun not-so-true fact that you get told on carriage tours.

When Charleston was developed, the entire peninsula was divided into very few plats of land. These plats where owned by the same plantation owners who lived on the Ashley and Cooper River plantations. They already had huge estates that required lots of maintenance. Why would they want large plats of land in the city? They then divided their plats (that were about the size of an average city block) into slivers to ensure that everyone had adequate street frontage. This then defined the width of the single house. Some did have the side porch (piazza) that over looked the side yard, but the vast majority's actually looked right into the side of the neighboring single house.

I grew up in Charleston, SC and went to the College of Charleston where I majored in Historic Preservation. It pains me to hear the elaborate tales that are told to tourist.

That chest of drawers looks disgusting.

Could you imagine living in that small space with two cats?!?