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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

A View Down Magazine Street

This church for St. John’s Lutheran, as seen down Magazine Street was built c. 1815. The pastor at the time had two daughters who both ended up marrying sons of John Audubon — the famous naturalist, birder and painter.

Hole in the Wall

This cool door and wall is just steps from First Scots Church on Tradd Street.

6 Tradd

The gorgeous gate is guarding the entryway to 6 Tradd Street. Built around 1788, during Reconstruction following the Civil War the  became a church and school for African American children.

Sword Gate

The spectacular Sword Gate, made by the reknowned artisan Christopher Werner, on Legare Street. Did you know it has a twin at the Citadel?

Georgian Row

Rainbow Row, one of the iconic spots of Charleston, is the longest cluster Georgian row houses in the United States. Pretty too!

Post Colonial Beauties

These houses on Tradd Street were built after a fire had torched the area in 1778. The close construction reflects the desire to add density to the area as the city rebuilt.

Shadowy Charleston

A beautiful gate shadow cast on Orange Street — which in the 1700’s had been the site of a free love colony founded by two Moravian prophets.

Church Street Beauty

Behind this wall on Church Street is a garden designed by the famed landscape architect Loutrel Briggs. The garden and house were once dependencies of the famed Williams (formerly known as the Calhoun) Mansion.

Elderly Neighbors

This elegant driveway leads up to a house built in 1949. Its neighbors on King Street were each built in the 1790’s.

WhatAHouse

This fantastic house on Legare Street was built in 1857 on property that was originally part of the incredible Miles Brewton House complex.

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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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