Charleston
City Market, 188 Meeting Street
The Charleston Hotel (looking south on Meeting Street)
Meeting Street looking north
The Orphan House
This is the house I chose for Officer Reen’s boarding house. In 1886, this was (cont'd).
The medieval castle-looking Camden Depot on Ann Street as it appears today. (cont'd)
Hayden and Suzanne Kingsley's House in Charleston
Peeking through the sidewalk door onto the brick piazza and garden
The piazza (This was actually taken at the Edmonston-Alston House).
Water Street looking east toward the water.
The dress Miriam borrowed from Suzanne
The Promenade and White Point Garden
At the end of Water Street, these steps lead up onto the promenade.
The promenade along East Battery
The promenade along White Point Garden
White Point Garden today, 2 Murray Boulevard
Summerville
The Pine Ridge Inn (This is really the J. Blake Washington House in Summeville.)
The Pine Ridge Inn restored
Sawmill Branch where Tucker took Hayden and Austin fishing
The Voss house, an example of a tilted house after the earthquake.
Another example of a tilted house
Summerville’s town square with the depot in the background
Today, the town square is called Hutchison Square
The Summerville depot
An example of a Summerville home
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church where the wedding was, 316 W. Carolina Avenue
Summerville was famous for its pines.
Columbia Theological Seminary
Columbia Theological Seminary, 1616 Blanding Street
Columbia Theological Seminary front gate
Columbia, South Carolina
Laurel Street where Austin Grant lived
McKenzie’s Confectionary
1700 Block of Richardson St. In the background are the Marble Yard...where Gracie (cont'd)
Across the street was the post office.
The State House, 1100 Gervais Street
Austin Grant's House on Laurel Street
The house I used as my model is the Victorian House, 484 Wooster Road, Millersburg, Ohio.
The author with Tina Benedict in the entrance hall
The Parlor
The Drawing Room
The kitchen
Butler’s Pantry where they washed dishes
Austin Grant’s bedroom
Nursery with the room behind where Gracie found the books
Third-floor Ballroom
Reading nook in the attic turret
Gracie’s room in the attic