Brick Home from Charleston, South Carolina

This little home just oozes charm. The texture of the brick, the mossy green patina and even the house number: 8 1/2! There are lots of “half” addresses in Charleston, many times to represent the smaller structures that are behind other homes or on small side streets or alleyways. What was this tiny home long ago? Perhaps it was a kitchen house? A kitchen house was a smaller building behind the main home that (you guessed it!) housed the kitchen. It was separate because of risk of fire to the main home. The theory according to a tour we took is that much of Charleston has small little alleyways connected all over the city because of these little kitchen houses as the house help had to be able to access the neighbors. Today, these little structures that have stood the test of time have been converted into residences, apartments and even little shops. Next time we visit I might consider renting one!

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    1. I started really thinking about it maybe 8 months ago or so – once I had it in my head that I needed to go I couldn’t wait! I want to go back – five days wasn’t enough!!

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