The roof lines of the Circular Church have a lot of interesting detail, and on this sunny day made an interesting picture.
The current building isn’t circular, but a cloverleaf design erected starting in 1890. It includes some bricks from the previous building that burned in 1861.
There is a glimpse of the Gibbes Museum of Art roof at the far left of the above photo. Here is a look at some of the details.
Charleston, SC
June 3, 2025
Built in 1905, The Gibbes Museum of Art refers to the dome that crowns the Rotunda Gallery as “Tiffany Era.” It seems the sought after Tiffany markings are not to be found based on the museum’s news articles about a recent renovation that included cleaning the dome.
I took the image above standing on the big fleur-de-lis in this next image and looking up. I wanted to lay on the floor but thought it might be frowned on.
The floor is tile, that was (gasp!) covered in brown linoleum along with the beautiful woodwork being painted white sometime in the 1950s or early 1960.
This view out the huge windows in the front shows a hint of the neighboring Circular Church, another architectural beauty in Charleston.
