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Once, along these broad avenues,
antebellum sea captains built their dream houses, and today, the
dreams of finding peninsular Charleston’s most stylishly unique
address come true. The charming openness of Mazyck-Wraggborough
is no  accident , as this area was planned to exquisite detail in
the 1780’s for the wealthy and their kin. In fact, seven streets
names are for the children of 18th century landholder Joseph Wragg,
whose heirs kept the community/family spirit alive by donating
tree-lined green spaces known as Wragg Square and Wragg Mall.
Wragg Mall was popular during antebellum times as an
area of trees and gardens flanked by townhouses, two which survive
along the mall, part of a group once known as the “Seven Wages” for
the rental income they supplied the famed Aiken-Rhett mansion that
is now a museum house operated by the Historic Charleston Foundation
at the end of the square. Today, the shaded oak promenade at Wragg
Square is being restored to its classic purpose as part of the
Charleston Parks Conservancy program, which is dedicated to preserve
the rich horticultural heritage of the city’s green spaces and
intrinsic community connection as a means of enhancing neighborhood
lifestyle, beauty and recreational interaction.
Homes and churches
dating to the early 1800’s are built on the site of colonial-era
pastures, where Charleston’s “sons of liberty” first gathered to
plant the seed of the American Revolution. Some of the finest
early architecture is featured in the Manigault House museum and
the historic Second Presbyterian Church, and throughout
Mazyck-Wraggborough, wrought iron gates, elaborate cornices, and
stately piazzas still tie the area to its prestigious past.
At its periphery,
however, Mazyck-Wraggborough embraces the future, bordered by the
classy Charleston Music Hall, the attractive Charleston Visitors’
Center complex,the Gaillard Auditorium, and the brand-new Charleston Maritime
Center complex.
Quiet, roomy and
historic along its inner streets, and a central location for arts
and activities and events all around, Mazyck-Wraggborough offers a
stylish and practical Charleston address.
Notable Homes and Buildings and fun facts:
The haunted-looking brick structure at the corner of Charlotte and
Elizabeth streets includes the ghosts of several church
congregations and perhaps on famous architect. The 1859 building was
designed by Charleston architect Francis D. Lee for the Episcopal
diocese, and originally named St. Luke’s Church. Lee’s plan was a
grand design with a 210-foot steeple and stuccoed exterior, neither
of which came to pass as the Civil War interrupted the construction.
Lee’s doomed design may have set the tone for the church, which
suffered from decreasing membership and was sold in 1950 as the
Fourth Tabernacle Baptist Church. The legacy of unfulfilled hopes
continued to haunt the church, which was closed and put up for sale
in 2003, drawing attention of a theater group that wanted the old
church for its performances. The complete loss of its original
intent rekindled some supportive spirits in the city to stop the
sale, but the old structure continues to exist in limbo, much as it
has since its ill-fated beginnings.
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