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| Double Breasted House, Charleston, SC © Doug Hickok This Georgian mansion dates from around 1760 and is called the double-breasted house due to the protrusion of its pair of curved bays, seen above, added at a later date. In 1861 Confederate General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard was headquartered here when the Civil War broke out with the bombardment of Fort Sumter in Charleston harbor. It has been said that when he first arrived in Charleston, his hair was black, but by the time Charleston fell a few years later, his hair had turned white. It's also been said he kept four mistresses. Hmmmm. One wonders which was the real reason for his premature white. Speculation runs rampant. |
Thursday, March 31, 2011
The Double-Breasted House
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I am always fascinated by historic houses and their stories. This one's a beauty!
ReplyDeleteVery good photo! Doug
ReplyDeleteThis brings to mind the Grand Tetons.
ReplyDeleteThe iron work is nice :)
ReplyDeleteSuperbe demeure toute en rondeur! Et le fer du portail est imposant ! Cette image évoque un peu celle du 29 mars avec les deux bateaux...
ReplyDeleteBonne journée lumineuse!
Very good composition about this nice and old building and big wrought iron gate. I see Charleston is a good place! :)
ReplyDeleteExcellent architecture. Now we know why the General's hair was white.
ReplyDeletebeautiful house and monument, beautiful photo taken from a very clever and effective angle! as to gen. beauregard - considering his role in the civil war, i'd attribute his white hair to "extra-martial" activities ... ;-))
ReplyDeleteI love this shot in sepia and the perspective is great! What's not to love about the name too!
ReplyDeleteThis is a great photo of a fine Southern mansion Doug....quite the double breasts ....i like the way that you framed it with the gates....so many curves and angles....well done....peter:)
ReplyDeleteimpressive architecture. I like the sepia toning. it fits the subject well.
ReplyDeleteHa ha ha....
ReplyDeleteOn plan, they do look like double-breasts.
Front elevation, hmmm I think it's more like double-dicks.
I've read too much about Freudian, apparently!
Gorgeous wrought iron work. And the perspective and sepia tones are wonderful!
ReplyDeleteI like the composition, an the perspective :-)
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't mind living in such a palce:)
ReplyDeleteInteresting architecture of building and details of the gate.
ReplyDeleteI like also the tint of pictures and symmetry of the composition.
Love the intricate detail in this one. A nice little bit of history, too.
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