A Front-Row Seat for the War

Edmondston-Alston House, Charleston

2 min story8-stop walk

The story

You're on East Battery, right on the water, and the tall house at number 21 is the Edmondston-Alston House.

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Charleston · 8 stops · 1 h 20 min · 2.4 mi

1
Charleston City Market
A Market That Has to Stay ForeverPhoto: Warren LeMay from Covington, KY, United States (CC0), via Wikimedia Commons
2
Old Slave Mart
Behind the Arch on Chalmers StreetPhoto: Warren LeMay from Covington, KY, United States (CC0), via Wikimedia Commons
3
Four Corners of Law
The Church the Government Ordered BuiltPhoto: Brian Zinnel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
4
Heyward-Washington House
The President Slept Here. The City Paid.Photo: Riis2602, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
5
Rainbow Row
The Slum That Painted Itself PinkPhoto: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
6
Nathaniel Russell House
The Monogram on the BalconyPhoto: Dima Sergiyenko; Please attribute this image as the work of "DiscoverWithDima.", CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
7You're here
Edmondston-Alston House
A Front-Row Seat for the WarPhoto: Daniel Mayer, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
8
The Battery
Major Anderson's Midnight MovePhoto: Eagledj, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources

Written from public sources, every claim checked against them, narrated by a synthetic voice.