The Buildings of Charleston

by Poston, Jonathan

• ISBN13: 9781570032028
• ISBN10: 1570032025
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-11-01
• Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Pr

Summary

From the battery to Wragg Mall, a comprehensive guide to the architectural treasures in America's best preserved city.

Table of Contents

Preface	8	(3)
Acknowledgments	11	(4)
How to Use This Book	15	(1)
A Brief Charleston Chronology	16	(7)
Introduction to Charleston Architecture	23	(8)
Introduction to the City's Ironwork, Single Houses, and Burial Grounds	31	(16)
1 The Walled City Charleston's Architectural Beginnings	47	(108)
2 The Civic Square The Heart of the Eighteenth-Century City	155	(42)
3 Eighteenth-Century Expansion The Golden Age Continued	197	(96)
4 The Lower Western Peninsula Nineteenth-Century Rebuilding and Twentieth-Century Infill	293	(42)
5 Commercial and Public Life Dynamic Nineteenth-Century City	335	(76)
6 Ansonborough The Original "Borough"	411	(68)
7 The Village of Harleston Intellectuals and Entrepreneurs	479	(106)
8 Mazyckborough and Wraggborough Villas of the Antebellum Elite	585	(32)
9 Radcliffeborough and Cannonborough Planters and Craftsmen	617	(32)
Glossary	649	(11)
For Further Reading	660	(5)
Illustration Credits	665	(6)
General Index	671	(36)
Index of Streets	707