The Preservation Society of Charleston announces the 32nd Annual Fall Tours of Homes and Gardens
For Immediate Release, September 2008Thursday, September 25th: The Preservation Society's Fall Tours begin with the King Street Tour. This tour includes some of the oldest and most notable examples of the Charleston single house. 7-10 PM. For Information call (843)722-4630 or www.preservationsociety.org.
Friday, September 26th: The Preservation Society’s Fall Tours of Homes and Gardens feature the Montagu Street Tour, in the borough of Harleston. Many early 19th century homes synonymous with Greek, Italianate and Gothic Revival styles. 7-10 PM. For Information call (843)722-4630 or www.preservationsociety.org
Saturday, September 27th: The Preservation Society’s Fall Tours visit Upper South Battery. One of the most well known streets in Charleston, the architectural styles reflect the late Greek Revival, Victorian and Neoclassical Revival Periods and provides the city with a continuum of residential architecture that spans three centuries. 7-10 PM. For information call (843)722-4630 or www.preservationsociety.org.
Sunday, September 28th: The Preservation Society's Fall Tours continue with the King Street Tour. This tour includes some of the oldest and most notable examples of the Charleston single house. 2-5 PM. For Information call (843)722-4630 or www.preservationsociety.org.
Thursday, October 2nd: The Preservation Society of Charleston's Fall Tours of Homes and Gardens visit South Battery, one of the loveliest residential streets in America, from East Battery along the Ashley River to the west end of Tradd Street. 7-10 PM. For information call (843)722-4630 or www.preservationsociety.org
Friday, October 3rd: The Preservation Society's Fall Tours visit Queen Street. This street is located in Harleston Village which was ravaged by the Great Fire of 1861 and was rebuilt between 1870 and 1890, largely in the Queen Anne and Italianate styles. 7-10 PM. For information call (843)722-4630 or www.preservationsociety.org.
Saturday, October 4th: The Preservation Society’s Fall Tours continue with the Charlotte Street tour. Known as the Mazyck-Wraggborough neighborhood, the houses here illustrate architecture from the Federal to the Greek Revival periods. 7-10 PM. For Information call (843)722-4630 or www.preservationsociety.org
Sunday, October 5th: The Preservation Society of Charleston's Fall Tours of Homes and Gardens visit South Battery, one of the loveliest residential streets in America, from East Battery along the Ashley River to the west end of Tradd Street. 2-5 PM. For information call (843)722-4630 or www.preservationsociety.org
Thursday, October 9th: The Preservation Society’s Fall Tours of Homes and Gardens continue with the Legare Street Tour, featuring some of Charleston’s most significant houses built in the early 19th century. 7-10 PM. For Information call (843)722-4630 or www.preservationsociety.org
Friday, October 10th: The Preservation Society's Fall Tours continue with the Church Street Tour. This lovely street features Colonial and Georgian period dwellings in the heart of the historic district. It is considered to be one of the most beautiful streets in America. 7-10 PM. For Information call (843)722-4630 or www.preservationsociety.org
Saturday, October 11th: The Preservation Society's Fall Tours feature the Radcliffeborough Tour. The neighborhood was named for Thomas Radcliffe, who had the land surveyed in 1786. King, Vanderhorst, Smith, and Radcliffe streets mark the boundaries of Radcliffeborough. 7-10 PM. For Information call (843)722-4630 or www.preservationsociety.org
Sunday, October 12th: The Preservation Society’s Fall Tours spend the afternoon on Legare Street, featuring some of Charleston’s most significant houses built in the early 19th century. 2-5 PM. For Information call (843)722-4630 or www.preservationsociety.org
Thursday, October 16th: The Preservation Society's Fall Tours feature Meeting Street. The magnificent homes and public buildings of architectural significance visited on this tour will transport you back in time to the late 18th and 19th centuries. 7-10 PM. For information call (843)722-4630 or www.preservationsociety.org
Friday, October 17th: The Preservation Society’s Fall Tours of Homes and Gardens visits Upper Tradd Street, which, due to a massive fire in 1861, saw most of its present homes constructed in the late 1800’s. 7-10 PM. For information call (843)722-4630 or www.preservationsociety.org
Saturday, October 18th: The Preservation Society’s Fall Tours feature Rutledge Avenue, named for John Rutledge, who was once President and Governor of South Carolina. First known as Rutledge Street, Rutledge Avenue was one of the original streets during the development of Harleston Village. 7-10 PM. For information call (843)722-4630 or www.preservationsociety.org
Sunday, October 19th: The Preservation Society's Fall Tours spend an afternoon on Meeting Street. The magnificent homes and public buildings of architectural significance visited on this tour will transport you back in time to the late 18th and 19th centuries. 2-5 PM. For information call (843)722-4630 or www.preservationsociety.org
Thursday, October 23rd: The Preservation Society of Charleston's Fall Tours feature East Battery and Lower Tradd Street. Houses on this tour represent a time when successful maritime merchants had their offices on the first floor and residences above. Lower Tradd contains some of the city's oldest architecture, part of the "Grand Modell" of 1680.
7-10 PM. For information call (843)722-4630 or www.preservationsociety.org.
Friday, October 24th: The Preservation Society of Charleston’s Fall Tours of Homes and Gardens visit Broad Street. This street was aptly named as it was the broadest street in Charleston in the late 1600’s. Today, Broad Street has a thriving business district on the eastern end and a stately residential neighborhood on the western end. 7-10 PM. For information call (843)722-4630 or www.preservationsociety.org.
Saturday, October 25th: The Preservation Society’s Fall Tours feature Anson Street. This neighborhood features houses and public buildings exhibiting Regency and Greek Revival detailing. 7-10 PM. For Information call (843)722-4630 or www.preservationsociety.org
Sunday, October 26th: The Preservation Society of Charleston's Fall Tours conclude with a tour of East Battery and Lower Tradd Street. Houses on this tour represent a time when successful maritime merchants had their offices on the first floor and residences above. Lower Tradd contains some of the city's oldest architecture, part of the "Grand Modell" of 1680.
2-5 PM. For information call (843)722-4630 or www.preservationsociety.org.
