Furniture buffs appreciated the 1770 Chippendale-style Holmes Bookcase ... The Heyward-Washington House's Church Street location near the tip of the Charleston Peninsula is about two blocks ...

William Aiken Jr. and his wife in the 1830s and 1850s, much of the house's original style has been preserved ... more than a mile north of downtown Charleston, the museum is open for tours ...

But inside the Parker-Drayton House, at 6 Gibbes Street, near Charleston’s southwest tip, it’s more than slightly chilly. There is no central heating in this 220-year-old mansion. But then ...