With the sun shining and the temperatures rising, it was a perfect Christmas morning to walk around the beautiful, historic neighborhoods of Charleston. Throughout our four-day stay, we must have walked six miles a day on average. A pair of good walking shoes are essential.
There’s always something new and interesting to see around every corner. And Charlestonians are eager to link all kinds of events to their historic city. An interesting example: We came across a house which was built by Elisha Poinsett in 1732. His descendent, Joel Roberts Poinsett was an Ambassador to Mexico and was responsible for introducing the poinsettia plant to the United States around 1825. It was fun fact find on Christmas.
Poinsett Tavern located at 82 Elliott Street
Walking around Charleston, looking at all the different types of homes, makes me want to know about the families who live (lived) in them. There are so many lovely homes to see…
Colonial Park Home
Mansion on The Battery
This Pink House used to be a Tavern Brothel
A newly renovated home on The Battery
More homes on The Battery
Pre-1886 Great Earthquake Home. You can tell due to the earthquake bolts on the side of house
This 7 bedroom is for sale! It’s located on The Battery
Interesting Rooftop
My favorite porch ~ can’t go wrong with a hammock looking out to the River
Displaced Beachbums 
I love Poinsettias at Christmas and never did know how they became so festive, thank you for telling me…
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Wonderful! I don’tknow if I remembered this fact about Charleston and the Poinsettia.
Your post took me down the blog path to several that I posted about this amazing city. My son lived there for a year, and I’d not visited until he moved there. In fact, I found a post in draft about the architecture, and took shots of some of these same houses.
What an incredible city … history, local flavor, food, architecture.
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Charleston really is a photographer’s dream ~ so many nooks and crannies. How fun your son got a chance to live there for a year. I’ll have to look up your past posts of Charleston. I never get tired of looking at photos of the city.
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Cool fact about the poinsettia Charleston is such a nice little city; thanks for the post.
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What grand and beautiful buildings!
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