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Orphan Asylum: 1865
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 12/02/2008 - 3:37am.
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1865. "Charleston Orphan Asylum, 160 Calhoun Street, used as a hospital for wounded Federal soldiers." From photographs of the Federal Navy and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, 1863-1865." Wet-plate glass negative, half of stereograph pair, photographer unknown. View full size.
Guarded by Gryphons
Submitted by slr in tx on Thu, 12/04/2008 - 11:46am.
Broken glass notwithstanding, this is some kind of impressive edifice. I wonder what it did before it housed orphans?
[Found on the Web: "The Charleston Orphan House, built on the site of a Revolutionary War barracks, is the oldest municipal orphanage in the United States. It was completed in 1794." - Dave]
Orphan House
Submitted by Hillary on Tue, 12/02/2008 - 10:47am.
Looks like it had been commandeered by the Yankees at this point (and is rather the worse for wear, given all the broken windows). I wonder what happened to the orphans? I think there is a Wachovia Bank in this location now. The original building is no longer standing.
Broken windows
Submitted by Pharmer on Tue, 12/02/2008 - 10:39am.
When I saw the broken windows I thought what senseless vandalism, then saw that part of the roof has been destroyed, orobably by artillery. Considering the fragility of window glass of that period I am surprised at how many panes survived.
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