
Early postcard view of Rutledge Ave., looking north. Courtesy of the AFLLC Collection – 2017. Just one of hundreds of historic addresses – sites in Charleston County to explore and enjoy on the pages of Roots and Recall!


Courtesy of the Fredrick Tucker Collection – 2017

Early postcard view of Fort Moultrie. Courtesy of the AFLLC Collection – 2017

Old McClellanville Cemetery. Photo contributed to R&R by Gazie Nagle @ www.fineartbygazie.com
Charleston County – North

Mrs. Ann H. White of Rock Hill, S.C., and her family on their front porch home. The White family as well as thousands of planters from the S.C. upcountry frequented Charleston.

Courtesy of the Wingard Postcard Collection – 2013
Second Empire Style was first seen in America in the 1850s and flourished after the Civil War. It was so commonly employed in that era that it was sometimes referred to as the “General Grant style.” – The Second Empire style had its beginnings in France, where it was the chosen style during the reign of Napoleon III (1852-70), France’s Second Empire, hence its name. Well-attended exhibitions in Paris in 1855 and 1867 helped to spread Second Empire style to England and then the United States. – Other commonly seen details are a bracketed cornice beneath the mansard roof, round arched windows, decorative dormer windows, an iron crest at the roofline, and columned porches or porticoes. Courtesy of the Penn Arch. Guide – Website

Note the bank building, right, across the street from the Exchange Building, ca. 1940s. Courtesy of the Coleman – Meek Collection – 2016

Image taken in 2014 by R&R
Gothic Revival 1830 – 1860s, style in America was advanced by architects Alexander Jackson Davis and especially Andrew Jackson Downing, authors of influential house plan books, Rural Residences (1837), Cottage Residences (1842), and The Architecture of Country Houses (1850). This style was promoted as an appropriate design for rural settings, with its complex and irregular shapes and forms fitting well into the natural landscape. Thus, the Gothic Revival style was often chosen for country homes and houses in rural or small town settings. Penn Arch. Guide Book – Website

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