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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

This entry is the north end of a "triple tenement" on East Bay Street, right next to Hazel Parker Playground. Built by Governor Arnoldus Vanderhorst in about 1800, the triple tenements were used as rental property. These days each section of the tenement is a magnificent house unto itself (Zillow values just this third of the tenement at well over $4 million).

Triple Tenement

This entry is the north end of a “triple tenement” on East Bay Street, right next to Hazel Parker Playground. Built by Governor Arnoldus Vanderhorst in about 1800, the triple tenements were used as rental property. These days each section of the tenement is a magnificent house unto itself (Zillow values just this third of the tenement at well over $4 million).

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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