Part 4: Charleston Walk-about

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We spent our last few hours in Charleston walking about the downtown area.  We went past many really nice old homes as well as the waterfront portion of town.

The photos below are what we saw.

We headed down Meeting street past this large church.

The side streets still had cobblestones for paving.

This court building was one of the very few new buildings in the area.


This home was very, very nice.

Note the detail in the columns and wood work.

I cringe at the maintenance burden of the wood on the upper decks.

The architecture of this building was detailed, but not consistent with others in the neighborhood.

Another church on Meeting Street.

Note the details in the columns.

These are standard single family homes.

Quite large.

This was one of the few brick buildings on the street.

Meeting Street ended at the confluence of the rivers called "The Battery" due to the cannons.  This is an old civil war-style mortar.

The Ashley river provided boating opportunities for the locals.

One of several statues in Battery Park.

More statues and cannons.

Huge house: 3 stories, 3 fireplaces right on the water.

Also a large house with an even larger yard.

Another large home with the ever-present horse carriage tours.

There were many awesome homes next to the water.

We came upon this odd fountain.  We were told that the pineapple was the local symbol of hospitality.

I did not realize that Charleston was a port-of-call for the cruise ships, but I guess it is true.


Another more modern fountain in the waterfront park.

We headed uptown for lunch and then walked past the customs house.

Returning to our hotel, we passed this vintage Land Rover parked in an alley.

Even the side streets had big churches.

Our path took us past the fire house and inside we spotted this vintage equipment.

An old steam-powered pumper unit.

The unit was in seemingly good repair but I doubt that it was serviceable.

We had a great lunch with local raw oysters and soft shelled crabs.  Then, it was time to head to the airport and return to San Diego.


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