A blooming Magnolia tree shared the stage with the South Flanker at Middleton Place on a cloudless May day. I gave the scene a vintage postcard look to add some interest.
Charleston, SC
May 11, 2022
Middleton Place House Museum
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Moon Rising Over Middleton Place
The almost full moon was up, the sun had just gone down behind me casting a glow on the front of the South Flanker at Middleton Place.
Charleston, SC
October 19, 2021
Fluffy Clouds Over Middleton Place House Museum
Middleton Place House Museum under fluffy summer sky.
September 2, 2021
House Museum at Middleton Place
On a cloudy day the South Flanker across the great lawn was sprinkled with sheep.
One of the flock is always playing catch up.
July 7, 2021
Prior to the Civil War the main house was flanked by the North Flanker and the South Flanker, which was built in 1755 as gentlemen’s guest quarters and a business office.
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House Museum at Middleton Place
Seen through a Camellia hedge across the great lawn, the South Flanker at Middleton Place
March 24, 2021
Prior to the Civil War the main house was flanked by the North Flanker and the South Flanker, which was built in 1755 as gentlemen’s guest quarters and a business office.
From the Middleton Place website:
Both flankers, along with the main house, were burned by Union troops in February, 1865, just two months before the end of the Civil War. The South Flanker was the least damaged of the three buildings and repairs to it began in 1869 and included a new roof, Dutch gable ends and an entry hall leading from the Greensward. Thus strengthened, the South Flanker survived Charleston’s Great Earthquake in 1886 that brought down the gutted walls of the other residential buildings. By 1870 the Middletons had returned to live again at Middleton Place and the South Flanker continued to serve subsequent generations until becoming a House Museum in 1975.
middletonplace.org