Category: Photos - Page 42 - Glimpses of Charleston

Calhoun Mansion

This is the entryway to the Calhoun Mansion on Meeting Street, which was once declared to be “the handsomest and most complete private residence in the South.” It is still the largest single family home in Charleston.

Some beautiful flowers to help celebrate Easter. Charleston has a strong link to Easter as it is believed that Charleston was founded on April 6, 1670, which was Easter Day (350 years ago!). (Thanks to all the smart people at Bulldog Tours for that juicy historical nugget!)

Water Street

This pretty Charleston scene can be found on Water Street, which had been Vanderhorst Creek — until it was filled in in 1791.

Colonial Tradd Beauty

This incredible house on Tradd Street was built around 1765 by Humphrey Sommers, the chief subcontractor for the construction of St. Michael’s Church.

Broad Beauty

This Broad Street house is the second house on this site. Built in 1870, it replaced a prior one that was destroyed in the great fire of 1861.

Stolls

The entrance to the Church Street end of Stolls Alley is framed on one side by this incredible wall. The alley is named after a blacksmith (Justinus Stoll) who lived there in mid-1700’s.

Dog House

The dogs that live here are clearly well-mannered and can read!! Their house on South Battery was built on land reclaimed from the Ashley River and marshes, as part of the project that defined the Charleston peninsula as it exists today.

East Battery Beauty

This pretty scene is on the front side of 1 East Battery (c. 1860) — a grand three story house. The cast iron balconies were added after the Civil War in about 1888. Their view is across the High Battery to the harbor. The grand side piazzas of the house provide a spectacular view of White Point Garden.

Post Intellectual

This impressive house (Isaac Jenkins Mikell House, c. 1854) at the corner of Ashley Avenue and Montagu Street was once used as the Charleston library. Now it’s the home to one of the Southern Charm reality TV cast members.

Roper House

Built in 1838-39, the Robert William Roper House is one of the most monumental Greek Revival houses in Charleston. With a prominent location on East Battery, it actually wasn’t ever supposed to be there, as that land was originally intended to be part of White Point Garden.