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Glimpses of Charleston

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Geo. C. Birlant & Co. was founded in 1922 and has been at the same location on King Street since 1932. While known as a seller of antiques, they also create the Charleston Battery Bench -- whose dark green slates and beautiful cast ironwork can be found all over the city and in private gardens. (Glimpses has no connection to the company, apart from having a bench at home.)

Birlant

Geo. C. Birlant & Co. was founded in 1922 and has been at the same location on King Street since 1932. While known as a seller of antiques, they also create the Charleston Battery Bench — whose dark green slates and beautiful cast ironwork can be found all over the city and in private gardens. (Glimpses has no connection to the company, apart from having a bench at home.)

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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