Historic Charleston Foundation ran this ad in Charleston's News and Courier offering the Mary Lanneau House at a purchase price of $15,000. The ad reads, "Mrs. Mary H Lanneau's house, built in about 1...
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Although Charleston is not America’s oldest city (St. Augustine, Florida was founded by the Spanish in 1565 and is billed as the oldest European settlement) but certainly as compared to most of ...
International Women's Day
A circa 1910 Alco seven passenger touring car
Yesterday, the world celebrated International Women's Day. A day to recognize women for their achievements without regard to...
Y’all know that you can’t throw a stone in any direction here without hitting a building with an interesting story, which is what makes Charleston, well, Charleston. Some of the pa...
Postcard of the Charleston Orphan House (undated) as it appeared after the 1850s remodelling. The campus was actually surrounded by an eight-foot high wall with iron gates, not the partial enclosure o...
A couple of weeks ago marked the 130th anniversary of Charleston's Great Earthquake of 1886. It was the largest earthquake to hit the southeastern United States and with a magnitude of 7.3, it devasta...
Corner-store-cum-restaurant
In the latter part of the 19th century, Cannonborough/Elliotborough was home to many tradesmen, craftsmen, and the ubiquitous corner store. Many of these nei...
Before early 19th century efforts to create some symmetry in the streets of Charleston, the city contained a haphazard collection of broad streets, narrow footpaths, private bridges and uncovered pass...
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What is it about Christmas that always brings to mind the magic of trains? Perhaps it's because not that long ago, everyone left the big cities and went home for the holidays--and they travele...
