After Florida, we visited Savannah, Georgia, and North and South Carolina.
This house was built by some Davenport guy. He was an architect and built it partly to showcase his talent. Over time the house fell into disrepair and was split into a number of separate boarding rooms. In the 50's or so, a group of ladies got together and gathered up enough money to buy and restore the house. This was the beginning of the restoration of over 1400 properties in Savannah by this group.
In many cases, they restore a property then sell it under condition that it be maintained properly. The profit on the transaction is used to restore additional properties.
Hilton Head Island is just north of Savannah. It's a pretty island with mostly upscale vacation homes. Large parts of the island are private and gated.
After Savannah, we drove up to Charleston, SC and took a tour on a mule-drawn carriage. Note the frog people.
This is a beautiful townhouse building in Charleston. However, it was built from scratch recently and has no historical significance whatsoever.
These types of baskets are made only around Charleston and the area of Africa where the slaves originated from.
Trying to get out of Wilmington, we saw these two courthouse buildings, one old and one new. We thought the design of the new building is interesting in how it echoes aspects of the old building: the arch of the windows, the peaks of the roof, the brick and trim (of course).
This scene was next to an RV Park we stayed at in North Carolina. It used to be a winery, but it went bankrupt. The assets were sold off and some lucky church was able to snag it for a small price to use as their national headquarters.
