A local's eye view
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.
A view of the modern day Charleston “skyline.” One of newest additions is the cruise ship. Hmmmm…
These wonderful window boxes are on the Patrick O’Donnell House (aka O’Donnell’s Folly) on King Street. The largest Italianate house in Charleston, it will always be linked to President Barack in that he directly referred to the house’s amazing piazzas in his first presidential election night acceptance speech:
Built in 1760, this house beautiful house on Meeting Street did not receive its curves until an 1840’s renovation. Among its prominent residents over the years was General Pierre G.T. Beauregard, the commander of the Confederate Forces in Charleston.
A beautiful entrance to an 1840 house on Bull Street — right across the street from 60 Bull Cafe.