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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

This cool bowed piazza house on Chapel Street was built c. 1840. It was the first house in Charleston to use linoleum as a floor covering, which they imported from England.

Chapel Street Bows

This cool bowed piazza house on Chapel Street was built c. 1840. It was the first house in Charleston to use linoleum as a floor covering, which they imported from England.

Ask a Local

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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