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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

This beautiful pink house on East Battery (c. 1848) is reaching the end of a long restoration, converting it from a B&B back to a single family house. Once owned by a dentist, the popular story about the pink color is that it represents healthy gums. It is not the original color of the house, but has become iconic and the new owners decided to keep it that way.

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This beautiful pink house on East Battery (c. 1848) is reaching the end of a long restoration, converting it from a B&B back to a single family house. Once owned by a dentist, the popular story about the pink color is that it represents healthy gums. It is not the original color of the house, but has become iconic and the new owners decided to keep it that way.

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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