Charleston SC Part 5 - Drayton Hall (Grounds)

Still plugging through photos from our trip to Charleston, SC at the beginning of October.  Sorry, but this month was a rather busy and "dynamic" month.  Thanks for your patience.  Meanwhile, you can see all of the posts related to the trip here: https://lsqrd.blogspot.com/search/label/Charleston201810

Today's post is more from Drayton Hall.  This time various shots around the grounds.  Stately trees, Spanish moss, and the Ashley River behind the property.

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Charleston SC Part 4 - Drayton Hall (Interior)

Still plugging through photos from our trip to Charleston, SC at the beginning of October.  Sorry, but October was a rather busy and "dynamic" month.  Thanks for your patience.  Meanwhile, you can see all of the posts related to the trip here: https://lsqrd.blogspot.com/search/label/Charleston201810

Today's post is interior scenes from Drayton Hall, to go with the recent post of exterior images.  More info on the site there.  But I'd recommend it.

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Charleston SC Part 3 - Drayton Hall (Exterior)

On eof our day trips during our Charleston SC trip was to Drayton Hall.  Drayton Hall is an un-restored 18th century estate.  As noted at  National Trust for Historic Preservation site:  "Established in 1738, Drayton Hall is an icon of colonial America architecture and identity. After seven generations of family ownership, the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, and devastating hurricanes and earthquakes, the main house remains in nearly original condition. Never modernized with electric lighting, plumbing, or central heating or air conditioning, the main house is unfurnished, allowing the beauty of the architectural details to become the focus for visitors. Surrounded by ancient live oaks and bordered by the historic Ashley River, the entire site—including the historic grounds with its broad vistas, vanished structures, and rare period features—serves as a testimony to America’s heritage"

We really enjoyed this place.  Very fascinating place, beautiful grounds, great stories.  One interesting thing:  The interior of the house is not restored.  Bare wallsopen spaces.  I gather some folk don't really like that, but it really allowed me to feel the space.  Look for another post of interior photos.

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Charleston SC - Part 2, Waterford Park

Way, way, way behind on processing photos from our South Carolina trip...

Here's a few more from 10/1/2018, our fist evening in town.  We walked from the hotel down Market Street, then wandered the historic area for a bit.  After sunset, we walked back up King Street to our hotel.  The photos below are from the north end of Waterfront Park.

Looking from the pier at the north entrance of Waterfront Park, looking south across a marshy area.  The larger building on the right is (I think) Charleston Branch Pilots Assn. and the slightly smaller building is (I think) Carolina Yacht Club.

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Last light.  The sun was setting off to the right, illuminating the clouds over Charleston Harbor.

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Looking from the pier towards Charleston, as the light fades.

Charleston, SC - 10/01/2018 - Architecture

I'm running rather slow on processing images from our recent trip to Charleston, but working on it.  Here's a few from Monday, October 1st, the day we arrived.

Citadel Squared Baptist Church. 

Originally opened in 1856, though it seems the steeple was rebuilt after Hurricane Hugo in 1989.  Still an active establishment.  We did a lot of walking during our week, and this church was on the way between the hotel and the historic section of town.  So we passed it a lot.

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Confederate Museum

Pretty cool building.  The building was built in 1841, and has been home of the Confederate Museum sine 1899.  Underneath is an open air market area that runs several blocks.  We didn't go in the building, but thought it looked cool from the outside.

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St. Phillips Church

The city's oldest congregation, dating back to 1680.  Looks like the current building dates to 1836 and the tower to 1850.

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Newport, TN

On our recent trip, we ended up spending a night at the Holiday Inn Express in Newport TN. We were looking to past Asheville, but not into Knoxville. Newport did nicely, After we had dinner, we decided to explore for just a few minutes, racing the setting sun. Our round trip was probably less than 10 miles, but we found a few nice sights:

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Trenton, KY

Our last quilt shop during our recent travels was in Trenton, KY.  This led us on a great "Blue Highways" excursion around Nashville, with lots of fun scenes (stay tuned for those!).  And we found a really cool shop:  Quilt and Sew at Golden Threads.  And while my wife shopped, I wandered.  And found some photo ops that I'm pretty satisfied with.  So here you go:

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Of course, I'm drawn to the old and worn...  The town of Trenton was nice, I just photographed the ragged edges.