A local's eye view
The Villa Margharita, built in 1895 on South Battery, is eye-catching at any time, but really looks great at night. Located across from White Point Garden, if it had been constructed 177 years earlier it would have had a front row seat for the hanging of Stede Bonnet, the Gentleman Pirate.
Just before dawn along Murray Boulevard, which is named after a Charleston native who was largely responsible for funding the reclamation and beautification efforts of the area which began in 1909.
This Queen Anne style house on Legare Street was built in 1876-77, replacing an earlier one that burned in the fire of 1861.
The Josiah Smith House on Meeting Street has a number of significant architectural elements, including this beautiful demi-lune portico. Built just after the Revolutionary War in 1783, the details on the house were a way for the merchant Smith to show off his wealth.
This beautiful gate guards a handsome c. 1850 house on Bull Street. The house, while grand looking, is not as grand as it seems. A false extension of the facade actually hides a three-tiered piazza that is placed on the side of the house.
This post-Revolutionary War house (built 1790) on Church Street boasts some beautiful cast ironwork. Cast iron is made by pouring molten iron into a mold, while wrought iron is creating by hammering hot iron into the desired shape.
A runner under a spectacular pre-dawn sky along the Battery. Runner’s World named the Battery as one of the most beautiful places in the world to run. It’s hard to argue!
Built just after the American Revolution, this colorful house on Meeting Street is the youngest of the famed Three Sisters houses. Not only is it a beautiful house, it consistently has some of the most eye-catching window boxes in the city.
…this simple dwelling was part of a much larger structure. Built in 1867 it was used as a hospital. In 1874, the hospital was split into two dwellings, and then around 1913 this one was moved a bit down the block to its current location on Lenwood Boulevard — from the corner of Tradd where it originally was built.
The ruins of an old Evening Post printing plant, at the corner of Elliot Street and Bedons Alley, were adjusted to accommodate this growing tree. Just another cool way Charleston shows its love for its grand trees.