Photos of Charleston, SC by Glimpses of Charleston

Hollings Cancer Center

The Hollings Cancer Center at MUSC has helped countless people and families. While not a traditional looking Charleston building, it sure plays an important role in the city.

Museum Memories

These columns are all that remain of the Charleston Museum, when it located in Cannon Park. The museum was founded in 1773 and is regarded as America’s first museum.

St. Mark’s

St. Mark’s Church was founded in 1865 by a group of free black Episcopalians after the end of the Civil War — as they had no other place to worship.

Ivy League

This well groomed house on Tradd Street is certainly eye-catching.

Ashley Hall

Ashley Hall, an all girls school which counts Barbara Bush among its alum, has a beautiful campus in downtown Charleston.

The congregation of St. Philip’s Church was established in 1681. The current iconic and gorgeous current building, which is the third to house the congregation, was built in 1836 (and the steeple completed in 1850).

Evening on the Ashley

The sun setting over the Ashley River -- one of the two which create the Charleston peninsula (the other being the Cooper River).

The sun setting over the Ashley River — one of the two rivers which create the Charleston peninsula (the other being the Cooper River).

Bluestein

With its striking blue glazed bricks, the Bluestein Building on King Street is one of the most eye-catching commercial buildings in Charleston.

Grace

Grace Church Cathedral, located on Wentworth Street, is one of the most striking in Charleston. Designed by the famed architect, Edward Brickell White, it opened in 1848.

Towering Cathedral

Located on Coming Street (this is a backside view), the Cathedral Church of St. Luke and St. Paul (c. 1811), is the cathedral of the Diocese of South Carolina. Due to cost overruns and engineering difficulties, a tower had to be added instead of a steeple.