Category: Travel Writing
One's task in discussing Landmarks of Charleston is to describe the more outstanding from the beginning of Charles Town to this present year. It is an agreeable task, but it leaves undone some things one wishes he had done.
POWDER MAGAZINE, _23 Cumberland Street_: In the early days of Charles Town this storehouse for ammunition was built of brick covered with "tabby." It is known to have been in us...
5. Part 5MILES BREWTON HOUSE, _27 King Street_: History, romance, legend and tradition crowd upon this famous mansion, built by Miles Brewton about 1765. Brewton and his family perished...
3. Part 3TRINITY METHODIST CHURCH, _273 Meeting Street_: As its congregation springs from the old Cumberland Church, the first Methodist group in Charleston (1786), Trinity may be called...
4. Part 4CONFEDERATE MUSEUM, _at the Head of the Market_: Valuable relics of the Confederacy are preserved in their hall at the head of Market Street, at Meeting Street, by the Charlesto...
6. Part 6THE SWORD GATES, _32 Legare Street_: Years and years ago, a famous school for girls was on this property under the principalship of Madame Talvande, survivor of the Domingo mass...
1. Part 1One's task in discussing Landmarks of Charleston is to describe the more outstanding from the beginning of Charles Town to this present year. It is an agreeable task, but it lea...
7. Part 7A HOUSE OF TRAGEDIES, _the Hanging of Lavinia Fisher_: In 1820 lawlessness on the "Neck" northward of Charleston was regnant. "Gangs of white desperadoes occupied certain houses...
8. Part 8M Magnolia-on-Ashley 50 Marion, Francis, General 19, 46 Square 46 Masonry, Birthplace of 82 Mass, First at Charleston 33 Medical College 68 Middleton, Arthur, Signer 48 Henry A....