Produced by Stephen Hutcheson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net [Illustration: _St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, Broad and Meeting Streets: its Steeple and Chimes Famous_ Courtesy of South Carolina National Bank] LANDMARKS of CHARLESTON INCLUDING DESCRIPTION OF _An Incomparable Stroll_ BY THOMAS PETIGRU LESESNE AUTHOR OF _History of Charleston County_ [Illustration: Publisher Logo] RICHMOND GARRETT & MASSIE, INCORPORATED MCMXXXIX COPYRIGHT, 1939, BY GARRETT & MASSIE, INCORPORATED RICHMOND, VIRGINIA PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA [Illustration: Formal garden.] _Foreword_ One’s task in discussing Landmarks of Charleston is to describe the more outstanding from the beginning of Charles Town to this present year. It is an agreeable task, but it leaves undone some things one wishes he had done. An Incomparable Stroll will give the visitor information of people and places of _Charles Town_ under the Lords Proprietors, _Charlestown_ under the Royal Government, and _Charleston_ under the Republic. The gardens which bring thousands of visitors to Charleston each spring are reached by excellent highways. Middleton Place and Magnolia-on-the-Ashley are on the Ashley River Road; Cypress off the Coastal Highway, United States 52. These gardens are so different that they are not competitive, and the visitor questing for beauty that baffles description should see all three, and, time permitting, journey toward Georgetown and enjoy the famous Belle Isle Gardens, on Winyah Bay. In this work the index has been compiled with great care and should be consulted freely. Charleston’s points of interest are too scattered to be grouped on a single route. Near Charleston are traces of fortifications used in the Revolution and in the War for Southern Independence. They are too numerous for individual enumeration. Books have been written about them. From the building of the Colonial Powder Magazine to the building of the Cooper River Bridge, the third highest vehicular bridge in the world, is a tremendous gap. It is unnecessary to say that the author has consulted many authorities; his quotations suffice to reveal this. Thomas Petigru Lesesne. Charleston, South Carolina. [Illustration: Ox-drawn cart.] [Illustration: Shaded lane.] _Contents_