A local's eye view
Despite the expectation that the winds of Hurricane Florence are not going to treat Charleston too badly, some of the buildings and houses are buttoning up. This is Charleston City Hall, which was built in the early 1800’s as one of the original branches of the First Bank of the United States. It later became Charleston’s City Hall in 1818. May it last another 200 years.
Charleston always puts on a pretty face. These flowers on Greenhill Street help accessorize a downtown country lane.
The stairs to this handsome house on Tradd Street are guarded by a flowering plumbago. Their blue/purple flowers can be found all over Charleston.
Charleston is full of tributes to its history. This monument celebrates the completion of the landfill which forms the Low Battery and upon which Murray Boulevard sits.
This wonder combination of Flower Lady baskets, a blooming crepe myrtle, Spanish moss, a magnificent live oak tree and a beautiful fountain is along the elegant iron fence in front of the Federal Courthouse at the Four Corners of Law. Classic Charleston.
Joe Riley Waterfront Park provides some of the best water views in Charleston. Or just sit on these benches and relax.
This beautiful church steeple belongs to the Citadel Square Baptist Church. Begun in 1854, it was first called the Fourth Baptist Church — simply because it was the fourth baptist church built in Charleston. But just a year later, in 1855, it merged with one of the three baptist churches that preceded it — resulting in there only being three in Charleston. So rather than being the fourth with an asterisk, they changed the name to reflect the new church’s location.
This Charleston house on Lamboll Street is quite striking. While not particularly significant compared to many of its neighbors, it sure is an eyeful.
Charleston loves its old trees about as much as it loves its old houses. This live oak is well tended to and adds character to Legare Street.
The Miles Brewton House (c. 1769) on King Street is one of the most significant buildings in Charleston and the United States. It’s a National Historic Landmark, as its whole complex, complete with its dependency buildings, is considered to be the finest example of Georgian architecture remaining in America. During the Revolutionary War it served as the headquarters for British General Henry Clinton, and towards the end of the Civil War it was the Union army headquarters.