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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

This beautiful antebellum Greek Revival style house and its accompanying fence can be found on Limehouse Street in Charleston, SC.

House and Fence

This beautiful antebellum Greek Revival style house and its accompanying fence can be found on Limehouse Street in Charleston. When the original seawall used to run just in front of this property, the view would have been very different than it is today (as it is now two and a half blocks from the Ashley River).

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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