Late Night View Through The Lighted Back Gate Of A Historic Home In The Battery District Of Charleston

This is a late night back gate view of the historic home located on the corner of Meeting Street and South Battery, directly across from White Point Garden at the southern tip of the peninsula in the prestigious Historic Battery District of Charleston, South Carolina. The Battery District is the southern most portion of the peninsula marking the Historic District of Charleston. As such, it is surrounded on three sides by the waters of Charleston Harbor where the Ashley River and Cooper River converge together before flowing into the Atlantic Ocean. So the setting is a perfect location for the most coveted homes in all of Charleston, but none so much as those that are located along South Battery and White Point Garden. So it should come as no surprise that the Battery District is famous for its many beautifully designed historic homes, some of which are well over 200 years old, with one even predating the Revolutionary War! And while the Revolutionary War is thought to have had more significant battles in the northern colonies surrounding Massachusetts, Charleston in South Carolina was actually deemed a strategically important town due to the belief that many people there were still Loyalists to the crown, and three attempts were made by the British to capture the town, with the final attempt resulting in success. However, contrary to belief, most of the population was no longer loyal to the crown mainly due to the British having already abolished slavery in both England and Wales years before. The local population was unwilling to take up arms in support, so the town was abandoned by the British within a year. Less than eighty years later, the first shots of the Civil War were fired at Fort Sumter, which guards the entrance to Charleston Harbor, and major skirmishes soon followed. But instead of causing mass destruction to the town, both wars actually brought an economic boon to Charleston, and it was during this period between the two wars that most of the historic homes were built in the Battery District. The Wild Images Team captured the above image late one night while we were exploring the many distinctive homes of the area. The Wild Images Team has captured many other images in the Historic District of Charleston including the colorful walkway with lights through humidity, a photo of the ornate house through trees branches, and in the bay where the Schooner named Pride sailed through, each of which are available for sale in our store. Charleston blog posts have documented when The Wild Images Team sought refuge from a historic downpour, which subsequently flooded the Charleston streets, that led to the stranding of our Coordinator Christina, photographed on a humid night as Christina poses in the steamy view, and then on a drier day as Christina rides the ferry to Fort Sumter, which formed these reflective wake trails towards the fort, a late night view through the back gate of a house in the Battery District, and then an image of decorative folk art in a courtyard. In the nearby Historic District of Savannah, Georgia, The Wild Images Team has captured images such as the haunting photo of houses of Calhoun Square through Spanish moss, this view of an ornate house from Lafayette Square, and the mystical aura surrounding the Forsyth Fountain in Forsyth Park, each of which are available for sale in our store. Savannah blog posts have documented as a boat is dwarfed by the massive Hapag-Lloyd Budapest Express, an evening view of the Savannah River terminals and the Talmadge Memorial Bridge, the amazing story of the Florence Martus Waving Girl Statue, the very detailed National Maritime Day Monument and a photo of its associated Propeller Club Dedication plaque, the perfectly framed view of the William Jasper Monument, the very functional historic armillary sphere of Troup Square, a lucky shot of a ghostly woman in a green dress standing in the doorway, an image of the geometric spiral patterns that fill a stairwell, and The Wild Images Team Travel Gnome catching some rays and then doing the backstroke in the rooftop pool. In nearby North Carolina, The Wild Images Team has captured photos such as the Cape Lookout Island scenic backdoor view of the lightkeepers house which is available for sale in our store. Blog posts from North Carolina include the standard vegetation as Cape Lookout Lighthouse is framed by pine trees. In the somewhat nearby Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, The Wild Images Team has captured images including the wispy clouds over ornate Front Gates of the Governor’s Palace and a night time view of Josiah Chowning’s Tavern with waitstaff, each of which are available for sale in our store. Colonial Williamsburg blog posts have documented where dianthus barbatus also known as Sweet William grows in the Governor’s Palace Gardens, the day our Travel Gnome jumped the Governor’s Palace wall, was quickly taken into custody by a guard, and sentenced to serve time in the stockade, to which The Wild Images Team was also sentenced thanks to our Travel Gnome, and during a freer time the moment that a couple is married in a jumping the broom ceremony.

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