Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

Houses/Buildings/Gates

Beauty is everywhere in Charleston, SC
These beautiful antebellum buildings were saved as part of the Charleston Place construction in the mid- 1980's in Charleston, SC.
Charleston, SC is known as one of the most colorful cities in the world. It's not hard to see why.
One of the most popular sights in Charleston, SC, Rainbow Row is the longest group of Georgian row houses in the US.
A beautiful example of the wonderful windows in Charleston, SC
The iconic Rainbow Row in Charleston, SC
Part of the Federal Court complex, SC, the Hollings Judicial Center is a successful modern in downtown Charleston.
While know for its single houses and mansions, Charleston, SC is full of different types of home architecture.
Most houses cannot claim that there is a Civil War torpedo boat (almost a submarine) buried in the street in front of it. This one can.
The Unitarian Church in Charleston has the most unkempt (intentionally) and beautiful graveyard.
Famed abolitionists, Angelina and Sarah Grimke, lived in this house on East Bay Street in Charleston, SC.
Charleston, SC is full of houses of all sizes... same can be said for the driveways.
Iron and azaleas -- two beautiful Charleston items. A view through a gate.
A beautiful house on Legare Street in Charleston, SC
Poogan's Porch is a popular Charleston restaurant, well known for both its amazing biscuits and its resident ghosts.
Charleston, SC is full of amazing iron gates and masonry walls guarding beautiful houses.
The Citadel is the military college of SC. It has a beautiful campus with impressive buildings.
A beautiful Charleston house glowing in the shaded light from a Live Oak tree.
A gorgeous Charleston, SC driveway... ironwork, blooming trees...
A Charleston celebration of baseball... a Philip Simmons gate catching a ball!
The Simmons-Edwards House in Charleston, SC is also known as the Pineapple Gates House for its impressive gates.
Charlestonians are known for the pride they take in their gardens. Here's a classic example.
Charleston, SC is full of the most beautiful antebellum houses... here's "just" another.
The Charleston City Market, the most visited spot in Charleston, has a quiet moment at night.
The South Carolina Society Hall was opened in 1804. The Society traces its roots to the mid 1730's.
Charleston is full of amazing iron gates and gas lit lamps. Here the two come together.
So much of what screams Charleston is here -- beautiful house and garden, joggling board and a beautiful iron gate.
Charleston's architecture is fairly varied. Here are some interesting buildings on King Street.
A flag-flying beautiful house on King Street in Charleston, SC.
Open a "hospitality door" to a Charleston piazza and you may be amazed at what you see.
There are wonderful cast and wrought iron balconies all over Charleston, SC.
Legend has it that the owner of this house picked this color scheme because it reminded him of healthy teeth and gums. Not surprisingly, he was a dentist.
As the sun drops in the Charleston sky, it creates wonderful silhouettes.
The thrid oldest subscription library in the US, the Charleston Library Society holds a prominent place on King Street in Charleston, SC
A porch on a Charleston Single House is also called a "piazza." All piazzas are porches but not all porches are piazzas.
The beautiful staircases leading into South Carolina Society Hall.
Two beautiful mid-sized examples of the Charleston single house.
These two houses, built in 1845, are the only survivors of seven identical houses that once stood in a row. Known as the "Seven Wages," they were built by William Aiken as rental properties and the income generated by them was used to support the now named Aiken-Rhett House.