Etiwan Park Art

Heading north to 5 East Battery. Built by John Ravenel around 1850. Ravenel was a Huguenot and a major investor in shipping ventures. The Ravenel name is all over Charleston— Ravenel bridge, Ravenel Self Storage, Ravenel Real Estate, and even the town of Ravenel (descendant Thomas Ravenel, who ran for the Senate in 2002, is now on a reality TV series on Bravo…). The Italianate features were added in the 1880s when it was popular in Charleston. #charleston #ravenel #realitytv #architecture #southofbroad #lowcountry #manse

1 East Battery. Built around 1860, it has a piece of a blown-up gun lodged upstairs from the Civil War. Don’t miss the beautiful iron balconies on the east side. Hurricanes routinely overwhelmed the seawall here until around 1854 when it was raised to its current height and strength, making it safer to build huge mansions on this once-marshy area of Charleston. This is the southernmost house on the High Battery.

Heading east to The Battery, officially White Point Garden. This southernmost point of Charleston is named after the heap of whitening oyster shells that was here back when the city was founded. The park was planned to be much larger but the city had to sell off chunks of the land to finance public institutions during the Civil War. The raised promenade around this grand space is known as High Battery. (at White Point Gardens)

Our porch. Come on over!

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Hanging basket on the #porch #danielisland #charleston #charlestonspring #lowcountry #rain

Go carts!

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Read our newest post on Charleston’s cultural renewal in 1920s— on our blog. // this house is on Meeting Street and the light just filters in so nicely. #charlestonspring #southofbroad #charleston #blue #lowcountry #porch #architecture

1 East Battery. Quite the digs #southofbroad #charleston #charlestonspring