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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

This beautiful house on Legare Street was saved from decay by the Historic Charleston Foundation and their amazing preservation tool, the Revolving Fund. HCF buys old properties, restores and sells them...  and then uses those funds to buy and save the next. It's a very effective and cool tool. 

Revolving Door

This beautiful house on Legare Street was saved from decay by the Historic Charleston Foundation and their amazing preservation tool, the Revolving Fund. HCF buys old properties, restores and sells them…  and then uses those funds to buy and save the next. It’s a very effective and cool tool.

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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