Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

One Plus One

Some cold colors on the Ashley River by White Point Garden.  It is a well known Charleston fact that the Ashley River and the Cooper River join together to for the Atlantic Ocean.

Meeting Street

This house, built between 1850 and 1860 on Meeting Street, is right up the street from White Point Garden.

The Johnsons of Queen Street

This stretch of Queen Street dates back to 1802 and is/was known as Johnson’s Row, after the father/son team who created it. The Johnsons were pretty impressive people. The elder was a successful in business and served in the South Carolina House of Representatives. Junior went to Princeton, became a judge and became the Speaker of the SC House. He was later appointed to the US Supreme Court by Thomas Jefferson.

No Bull

The beautiful antebellum Isaac Jenkins Mikell House (circa 1853) on Rutledge Avenue is well known for a variety of reasons (including that it was the public library for many years and more recently has been on the TV show Southern Charm). Its Corinthian columns capitals are carved from cypress wood and are ornamented with rams heads. No bull.

Queen Street Beauty

This window box is on an 1805 tenement on Queen Street. Badly damaged by the Federal bombardment during the Civil War, it required extensive repairs after the war. It looks pretty good today!

Broad Street

Broad Street has historically been one of the most important streets in Charleston. It wasn’t always so easy to travel on. Back in the days when Charleston was a walled city, there was a drawbridge at the corner of Meeting and Broad which was used to access the city — and keep out marauding Spaniards from Florida when it was pulled up.

Snow?

It sure looks like it snowed at Waterfront Park, but it’s just soap that some pranksters added to the fountain. Bubbles everywhere!

Early Morning Cobbles

South Adgers Wharf is one Charleston’s beautiful old cobblestone streets.  The stones came from Europe and had been used as the ballast of the trading ships that would sail empty to Charleston to pick up their goods.

Just A Bit Off

This c. 1870 house on Broad Street is just a bit off. Not only are the left and right sides not symmetrical (definitely check out the upper windows), the whole building is leaning to the right.