Found on a walk.
Been a while.
chiefly US, informal —used when you realize that you are in a bad situation, that you have made a mistake, etc. (Merriam-Webster Dictionary)
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In the back court yard of an old Charleston house.
A Lowcountry style.
Found on a walk, up high.
Photographed 3/20/2020. A walk in an open and quiet place.
There is always a story behind the old stones. The trick is to find it.
William Taber, a large monument now broken in two.
Wm R Taber was the editor of a prominent Charleston newspaper, and killed in a duel per the New York Times in October 1856. He is buried in St. Philips graveyard in Charleston. Like many respected people in Charleston a monument was erected in Magnolia Cemetery. Most families wanted to be buried at their Church in this period. Cemeteries were ‘a new’ thing.
Wrought Iron surrounds a parcel of land set aside for members of an early Free Masons Lodge. The Lodge was formed in 1735. Lodge Number 1 is one of the early lodges of the Ancient Free Masons. Lodge Number 9, Savannah Ga, held meetings first. Why 9 first? I just publish what I find.
The iron fences surround and mark most of the oldest parcels in Magnolia Cemetery. At one point the Umbra Plantation was still in operation even after Magnolia had been opened. The land was originally owned by Umbra. In 1850 the first land, near the marsh, was set aside for a cemetery. The Civil War put an end to Umbra, troops were camped here, many stayed (a military cemetery).
In the Post Office lobby.
Got to love this town.
Broad Street Post Office, Charleston, South Carolina.
The First (Scots) Presbyterian Church graveyard. Established in 1731 when members left the Circular Church just down a little on Meeting Street, Charleston.
The wall is a lined with old headstones and monuments.
The building behind was the home of Nathaniel Russel and the graveyard can be seen through the inside windows (click here).
The photograph was first monochrome and then finished using DxO software filters to simulate old film.
