A couple of blocks from here is Meeting Street–called Meeting Street because Puritans built a meeting house on the street in 1681. Puritans in South Carolina? Who knew? Romanesque architecture, unusual to say the least for Puritans (though the church burned in the 1890s and was rebuilt)–and you don’t think of Puritans, magnolias, and palms at the same time, either. But here, they all coexist, along with the oldest graveyard in Charleston, with graves dating back to 1690–and this, folks, is what is known as history (click on the picture to see the larger version). Note all the crypts. We’re in the lowlands here, right on the coast, not unlike New Orleans. Burying bodies isn’t a real good idea here (unless you want to see them floating around):
bird dog says:
Nice.
Believe me, the original church looked nothing like that!
June 9, 2007, 1:16 pmbird dog says:
Nice.
Believe me, the original church looked nothing like that!
June 9, 2007, 1:17 pm