"Market Hall, Charleston, SC" ~ Historic downtown Charleston in South Carolina has one of the highest concentrations of finely crafted iron fences and gates in the world. While most of the ironwork is of the wrought iron variety, there is also some amazing cast iron installed around the city. It was a great pleasure to live in Charleston while the old Market Hall (c. 1841) was being renovated, including the beautiful ornate cast iron balusters and railing on its façade. It was so cool to see the old cast iron come back to life up the double winding staircase entrance to the building, and it was even cooler to capture a fun composition.
"43-1/2 Meeting Street" ~ Charleston, South Carolina is a fantastic city to wander around in on foot and discover curious architectural details such as these intricate wrought iron gates with "1/2" in the address. In older cities, the U.S. Post Office used to assign fractional addresses to accessory dwellings which shared a parcel with a main dwelling, such as carriage houses that were converted into separate living quarters, as large houses that where converted into duplexes, or as narrow lots were subdivided. If you're lucky on your downtown walking ventures, you may even come across a rare 1/3 address!
"St. Mary's Columns" ~ B&W composition of the columns of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church while it was under renovation. This is a rare photo that can not be re-taken. The congregation of St. Mary's was the first Roman Catholic Church in the Carolinas and Georgia. The present building was completed in 1839 in the Classical Revival Style.
