Victorian Beauties Tour-Part One!

Welcome to what will no doubt be one of my favorite tours-the Victorian tour!

Our town is best known for it's Antebellum architecture thus our Victorian beauties tend to be overlooked. Many people are unaware that so much Victoriana is present in our town.

Due to the overwhelming amount of pictures this post will be done in several segments.

Let's not waste any more time-let's stroll!

This late 19th century structure is probably the most well known of our Victorian beauties and is currently operating as a B&B.

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The following pictures are close-ups of some of the Victorian details of several homes throughout our historic district.

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This little beauty is on the market...hmmm...tempting but no:).

She has great architectural details!

This one is also on the market but way out of our price range!

Another of our pink Victorian beauties also operating as a B&B.

Come back tomorrow for more of the Victorian Beauties stroll.

I was blessed with a wonderful surprise from two very gracious ladies-I got to go inside of a couple of homes!

I will be posting those pictures soon:).

Houses of Worship Tour

Join me on this sunny morning to take a walk around town to see our many places of worship.

This is the Tabernacle Church, an African American landmark that dates before the civil war.

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The Synogogue is another 1800's structure as the Jewish community was quite large here in the 19th century, and still is today.

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The large stained glass window is one of several on this Methodist Church which dates to the 1920's.

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The First African Baptist Church is still active after almost 150 of services.

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Even though this church no longer conducts worship services, it does serve as the art department for the local University.

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The Catholic Church in town dates to 1846 and has a small graveyard beside the church.

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This small Afican American Methodist church dates to 1833.

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The large Baptist Church in town was organized in 1804 and is still very active today. It's steeple is one of two notable steeples that grace our skyline.

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St. Helena Epsicopal Church is the second notable steeple in our skyline. Established in 1711, the church building was constructed in 1724. It served as a hospital during the civil war and has a large graveyard surrounding it (I've posted pictures in previous posts of the graveyard). Today it holds three services every Sunday.

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The First Presbytarian Church is a bit younger, established in 1912.

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The last stop on our walk is the AME Methodist Church, another notable historic structure still holding services actively today.

Thanks for joining me on my House of Worship walk!

Let's go get some lemonade and sit a spell in one of the swings on the waterfront and watch the dolphins play in the water:).

Sunday Wisdom

"Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenent between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth."

Genesis 9:16, NIV