Private tour in Charleston Lee Ann B
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I was 14 years old the first time I visited Charleston and from that moment on I was in love with this historic city. I was lucky to move here with my family in 2009. Charleston is a city that touches all of your senses - from putting your hand on a 100-year-old piece of iron work, to peeking through a gate and seeing an amazing garden, to the smell of pluff mud (this is an acquired scent) or the hint of the aroma of the Confederate Jasmine, to finding a pottery shard on the streets and wondering what story it holds. With 350 years of history there is so much to explore. I love to share these intricate stories, so my tours focus on the different threads of Charleston's history; American Revolution, Charleston Renaissance, Ironworks and Women's history to mention a few. As Dubose Heyward wrote "They tell me she is beautiful, my City, That she is colorful and quaint, alone. Among the cities. But I, I who have known, Her tenderness, her courage, and her pity, Have felt her forces mold me, mind, and bone, Life after life, up from her first beginning. How can I think of her in wood and stone! I would love to share her story with you. City of Charleston Certified Guide: 2010 - present Charleston Tour Association: President 2018 - present Palmetto Guild founding member Bachelor in Business Management and minor in Tourism. Daniel Island Historical Society Board member: 2012 - present ( Vice President: 2013-2016 & Community Outreach: 2016 - present) All my tours are walking.
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Learn about Charleston's magnificent ironwork while strolling through the lovely historic district. Many early ironworks were destroyed in raging fires and many noteworthy gates and fences were donated to the Confederate cause to be melted down for cannonballs and "skins" for the ironclad boats. But, even with the losses, the city retains a wealth of impressive ironworks. Hear the story of Philip Simmons, Charleston's most famous ironworker, and of earlier blacksmiths who crafted beautiful pieces of art throughout the city.
We will walk through the neighborhoods South of Broad to see: - the iron works of German Ironworkers such as Christopher Warner - African American Philip Simmons. If you are interested in visiting Philip Simmons Blacksmith shop, I can arrange that for you. That would be a different location. Transportation to that location and entrance fee to the foundry are not part of the walking tour. We walk about a mile and a half. Please wear comfortable shoes, bring a bottle of water, and use the restroom before the tour starts. Sorry, there are no restrooms on the tour.
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120 Broad Street, Charleston, South Carolina, 29401, United States
The starts tour is in the gardens of St. John the Baptist 120 Broad St, ( Catholic Church on Broad St.) The parking on-site is for the church but right around the corner is the parking garage on Queen St. ( Take Meeting St to Queen St and go right, crossover King St., the garage will be on your left.) When you come out of the garage, go left. 2 driveways down is the back entrance to St. John's. If they reach King St. you have gone the wrong direction coming out of the parking garage.
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