We arrived at the Elks before the employees and waited until they opened at 4 to select our spacious home for a couple of days. After the five o'clock traffic settled we took off for South of Broad on the peninsula.
The Edmonston Alston House was built on the High Battery in 1825 and enhanced in 1838.It is a fine example of Charleston's commitment to elegance, style, and comfort. It is one of many we chose not to tour. We would just gawk as we walked.
The Old Exchange and Provost Dungeon was built in 1771. Here Stede Bonnet "The Gentleman Pirate" and his crew were imprisoned prior to their hanging. This is also where the British held prisoners in the cellar in 1780. Washington visited several times during his Southern tour.
A visit with this pirate was nice but we opted not to take his $8 tour of the dungeon.
We walked along Broad Street, lined with art galleries.
No matter where we went the steeple of this Episcopal Church caught my eye. It is on Church Street in an older section of town.
Rainbow Row is a popular artist subject and tourist attraction on East Bay.
I imagine there is more iron in Charleston than anywhere. There are iron gates, dodads, light posts, hitching posts, boot scrapers, and the list goes on.
As dusk settled in someone steered us wrong on some directions as we were headed back to the truck and it almost turned into a fiasco. But we saw a beautiful moonrise over the water in Charleston Bay, many iron gates, lots of big houses, louvred and solid shutters. I am not sure south of Broad is how Leon referred to our 2.62 mile walk.
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Nice pictures! I love Charleston.
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