Happy Easter, 2016
Charleston Through an Artist's eye
“Draw, preachuh, draw/ Draw roun’ duh haltuh/ Draw preachuh, draw/Draw til the break ob day.” – Draw Lebel, Shouting Spiritual Lyric sung on Edisto Island. (published in the book, The Carolina Low-Country, 1932)
Charleston is nicknamed the Holy City. That is a pretty hefty responsibility. But honestly, the city is one of few that I know of in the United States that is defined by a low lying city skyline that boasts more church steeples than tall banks, or business structures. Joseph Campbell teaches that one can tell what runs a city (what is the city’s mythology?) by looking at its tallest buildings.
Charleston began as a city of tolerance. It was one of the few cities in the original thirteen colonies to provide religious tolerance, albeit restricted to non-catholics, embracing the Dissenters who rebelled against the Church of England, French Huguenots, Quakers, Baptists and Jews, who were…
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I am looking at buying a property on Edisto and the Hutchinson house is on it. I want to live there. I am currently living on James Island. I love old houses and maybe I could restore this historic home and live in it as my residence. Miguelshilling@gmail,com
Hello Michael, wow. It is such important land. Not sure the house is salvageable, do you think? Many years ago there was grant money written into a proposal that included restoration as I recall. I might contact the historic preservation office in Charleston to ask about that history. The Edisto museum doesn’t do anything with land. Let me know what you decide!