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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

This beautiful set of doors can be found on a c. 1852 house on Logan Street, between Tradd and Broad Streets. As the only house on the block to survive the fire of 1861, it is the only antebellum house on the block. It later became the home of Susan Pringle Frost, the founder of the Preservation Society -- among her many achievements.

Upstairs, Downstairs

This beautiful set of doors can be found on a c. 1852 house on Logan Street, between Tradd and Broad Streets. As the only house on the block to survive the fire of 1861, it is the only antebellum house on the block. It later became the home of Susan Pringle Frost, the founder of the Preservation Society — among her many achievements.

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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