A local's eye view
Built c. 1792, the gorgeous Charleston County Courthouse not only hosted George Washington, it was likely used as a model for the White House. It’s architect, James Hoban, designed both. It’s also well known as one of the Four Corners of Law.
As with this unusual gate on State Street, you can sometimes learn a lot about who or what is on its other side. Charleston gates are very cool!
This beautiful fountain can be found in one of Charleston’s very cool pocket parks — Allan Park on Ashley Avenue. Its land was donated to the City of Charleston by Amey Allan, the widow of James — who developed most of the eastern half of Hampton Park Terrace parks.
Charleston is full of vibrantly colored buildings. This eye-catching purple house is part of Rainbow Row on East Bay Street.
This four pound cannon is thought to have been made in France and was used by the American forces during the Revolutionary War. You can find it in White Point Garden, on the King Street side.
These wonderful facades can be found on King Street. The beauty is just one of the things that caused it to be named one of the 10 top shopping streets in the United States by US News and World Report.
This beautiful house on the bricked portion of Church Street was built in 1794. Interestingly, the stucco still shows evidence of early lime wash and paint color. Cool window boxes too.
Built in about 1895 as a private residence, which it is now, Villa Margherita on South Battery served as a small, exclusive hotel for about 40 years. Among its guests were a number of US Presidents, Henry Ford and Alexander Graham Bell.
This well planted welcoming entrance can be found on Concord Street, across from Joe Riley Waterfront Park. They have a beautiful view across the park near the Pilot’s Pier out into the harbor.
The morning sun coming up over the High Battery is always a beautiful sight. The Battery walls were not the first structure on this area of the peninsula. As far back as 1735 there were fortifications on the site, with Broughton’ s Battery (aka Fort Broughton).