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An 1843 mansion reopens as luxury boutique hotel in Charleston’s Historic Battery District Renata Parker, Greenville News © Provided by 20 South Battery Inside of 20 South Battery in Charleston, SC. Situated directly across from White Point Gardens in the heart of Charleston’s Historic Battery District, 20 South Battery recently made its debut following an 18-month restoration by owner Dr. Jack Schaeffer.  “I’m from Charleston, so the extensive preservation effort to restore this historic Charleston gem to its former grandeur was very personal,” says Schaeffer. ...

Judge J. Waties Waring and Elizabeth Waring at an NAACP banquet. File Judge J. Waties Waring and Elizabeth Waring at a train station. File '); } Editor’s note: This is the 33rd installment in a serialized history of Charleston to commemorate the city’s 350th anniversary. The Joseph Manigault House on Meeting Street was slated for demotion in 1920, ostensibly in the name of progress. Some developer wanted the land, not for the house but to serve all the new automobiles cruising Charleston streets. But Susan Pringle Frost considered the idea heresy, and she would not a...