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| Powder Magazine celebration, Cumberland St., Charleston, S.C. |
These cute little gals were posing for me but kept their eyes on their mothers behind me. There was a crowd lined up to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the Powder Magazine and the festivities were getting ready to start as I walked by this morning.
The small brick building on Cumberland Street is distinctive for its
three-feet-thick walls, four groin vaulted arches, and a pyramid roof,
architectural necessities in case the loose gun powder stored there in
the 1700s exploded.
“It was very well built,” said retired USC
art and architectural historian John Bryan. “And the proof of that is
the fact that it is still there.”
The magazine was completed in
1713 under the Lord Proprietors rule and was part of the walled city
called Charles Towne. That city was four blocks wide and two blocks
long, bordered by the present Meeting, Cumberland, East Bay and Water
streets.
Read more here: http://www.thestate.com/2013/04/18/2730582/powder-magazine-celebrates-tricentennial.html#storylink=cpy
1 comment:
I'm sure your portrait made their day.
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