Finding "My" Charleston…Digging down on the block I live on…to see what I can find.

Category: Civil Rights come to Charleston

Phase Five…The Church under my parking lot and the Red-Light District.

I have documented what little history that I could find in this blog of the church graveyard that was moved just before they paved the new city parking lot in my backyard and the church and congregation that went with it. I was very lucky to have the News & Courier articles to follow, especially…

April 21, 2024
Phase Four of the Church under my Parking Lot…1861-1873…War and Beyond

This is the last of Reverend Dana’s Phases in the life of his church from the Charleston, SC News and Courier article I have been quoting written in 1873. We have followed the congregation of the Third Presbyterian Church on Archdale Street where they had begun in 1823 and their move to 273/5 Meeting Street…

March 30, 2024
Across the Street 1939 to 1965…Robert Mills Manor

Actually, I am going to introduce the block across the street from my block because it explains my neighborhood better than I could…both physically, politically, and socially…locally and nationally. This Sanborn Fire Insurance map below shows what the block looked like before 1938. Note: Mazyck Street will be renamed Logan Street. The map is dated…

September 6, 2023