Photo: Warren LeMay from Covington, KY, United States (CC0), via Wikimedia Commons

Stop 2 of 8 · Charleston Walking Tour

Behind the Arch on Chalmers Street

Old Slave Mart, Charleston

3 min story8-stop walk

The story

You're standing on Chalmers Street, one of the few cobblestone streets left in Charleston, in front of a narrow stuccoed building with a tall arch in the middle and an octagonal pillar at each end.

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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
2You're here
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
7
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.

The story

The rest unlocks with the walk

Part of Charleston Walking Tour

Charleston City Market

Old Slave Mart

Four Corners of Law

Heyward-Washington House

Rainbow Row

Nathaniel Russell House

Edmondston-Alston House

The Battery