• Products
  • The Book!
  • The Photos
  • Videos
  • Ask A Local
  • Food
  • Cool Places
  • About
  • Contact

Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

Located across from Colonial Lake on Beaufain Street, this c. 1840 house built for one family once served as a home for "Presbyterian and Huguenot woman of gentle birth and small means." In 1971 it was converted back to a single family house.

Charleston At Night

Located across from Colonial Lake on Beaufain Street, this house — built for one family c. 1840 — once served as a home for “Presbyterian and Huguenot woman of gentle birth and small means.” In 1971 it was converted back to a single family house.

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 […]

Social Profiles

  • Facebook
  • RSS
  • Tumblr
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Copyright © 2025, David R. AvRutick. All rights reserved.