Old Charleston Gateways 
GATEWAY OF EDMONDSON HOUSE 
veranda in the centre of which is an excel¬ 
lently designed Georgian doorway with fan¬ 
lights. Edmondson house, like many other 
Charleston houses of the same 
period, is placed endwise to the 
street; an arrangement which 
affords a perfect view of the 
sequestered garden from the 
verandas, and at the same time 
allows the turning to the street 
of a suitable town front. 
The gateway of the Edmond¬ 
son house which, beginning at 
the grille work, stretches across 
the entire garden front, is a 
masterly piece of construction, 
and although composed of wood 
(with the exception of the posts 
which are of brick, laid in white 
mortar) they have proven dur¬ 
able to a remarkable degree, 
for though built over a quarter 
of a century ago they are intact 
to-day through all the vicissi¬ 
tudes of time and war. The 
Edmondson gates had a wide influence in 
shaping the style of the gates of Charleston. 
So much so that modified and simplified, 
A GARDEN WALL OF PLASTERED BRICK 
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