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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

This handsome house on Anson Street was built c. 1800. The beautiful curving staircase was added 44 years later -- the same time a third story was added to the house. In a renovation in 1969, the third story was removed and the house returned to its original profile.

Anson Beauty

This handsome house on Anson Street was built c. 1800. The beautiful curving staircase was added 44 years later — the same time a third story was added to the house. In a renovation in 1969, the third story was removed and the house returned to its original profile.

Ask a Local

What’s the deal with the City Market? Were slaves sold there or not?

asks John H., from Seattle, Washington… The City Market is what was called the “Slaves’ Market,” not the “Slaves Market.”  That apostrophe makes all the difference in the world. While a shocking number of humans were sold into slavery in Charleston (a very dark period in the City’s history), they were not sold at what […]

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