Edmonston-Alston House

 There are a number of magnificent house museums in Charleston, some dating way back to the 18th century in Charleston’s history, and I have seen most of them.  But I always missed seing the imposing and stately Edmonston-Alston House on The Battery in Charleston.   Rich in history, I toured it finally this past Friday.   I was off from work and had a bit of free time, so decided the time was right.  It was a grand Charleston house, indeed, and is in perhaps the most famous location in the city,  adjacent to The Battery, which is the old seawall along the Cooper and Ashley rivers.  The highlight was finally getting out on the huge second story porch called, in Charleston, a piazza. Just when our group stepped out onto the piazza, a sudden squall line from the harbor just beyond the house blew in with wind and rain and departed just as quickly, but it was nice to experience it on the grand piazza of that house.   

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Edmonston-Alston House, Charleston, SC

The piazza, Edmonston-Alston House, Charleston, SC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another view of the Edmonston-Alston House

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The piazza during a sudden rainstorm.   Out in the distance is Charleston Harbor and Fort Sumter.