Happy Easter, 2016
“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 was called to be an artist. And as an old old midwife said to me "If the Lord wants you to do something, you won't have no good luck' til you do." So, here I am, sharing what I love, longing to illuminate the work of art, which is everywhere.
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!