Originally posted by lasersailor184
Nobody even thinks about the people who put money into these buildings to build them in the first place. Or the time. Or the effort.
Exactly. I'd like to see more older buildings saved and renovated. Savannah and Charleston construction in renovation is a good business. They've started to do something similar here, turning old brick cigar factories into office complexes and loft apartments.
Burning down a mansion is just wrong. A good building can be a work of art.
Instead of destroying, the activists should be creating. Stem the sprawl by re-directing construction to urban areas.
This was one of the first mansions in Charleston and is now one of its crown jewels of architecture. It was built in 1803 and over time it became derelict property and was almost razed. A gas station was built on the front lawn. The structure you see to the left was the office (if you visit, you can still see where the gas station sign was bolted onto the doorway). It was one of the first homes "saved" by the local historical society and after extensive renovation it is now part of the Charleston Museum collection.
Read more about it
here .
