Charles Towne Landing Fountain

Title

Charles Towne Landing Fountain

Artist

Catherine Sherman

Medium

Photograph - Photography Painterly

Description

"Charles Towne Landing Fountain" by Catherine Sherman.

A fountain is framed by vividly colored azaleas in bloom and live oaks and magnolias dripping with Spanish moss in a lake at Charles Towne Landing in Charleston, South Carolina. The brightly colored flowers are reflected in the water.

Charles Towne Landing is the location where English settlers, recruited to extend the mercantile success of the British Empire in the Caribbean, sailed from Barbados in 1670 to establish a foothold on the banks of what is now Old Towne Creek just off the Ashley River.

The 665-acre park, which first opened in 1970 as part of South Carolina’s tricentennial celebration, is one of only a few preserved original English settlement sites in the United States, a list that includes Jamestown in Virginia and Maryland’s St. Mary’s City.

Among its attractions are a Museum and reconstructions featuring the history and artiffacts of the native Kiawah people and the European settlers, a visitor's center, extensive landscaped gardens and the "Adventure," a full-size and functional replica of a 17th-century sailing ship sailed in the area.

There is an interpretive and walking trail system, including a marsh boardwalk; a reconstructed palisade wall of the size and construction and on the same location as the original; a working cannon embrasure guarding access by water; a garden with crops from that day; and the Animal Forest, a natural habitat zoo that’s home to species the settlers would have encountered, including pumas and bears.

Charles Towne Landing also is home to the Legare-Waring House, the former home of Ferdinanda Legare Waring, an accomplished horticulturist and dedicated preservationist. During her years there, Mrs. Waring planted an oak alle’ and extensive stands of camellias and azaleas, which visitors can still enjoy, and expanded the house of the overseer of Old Towne Plantation (it now serves as an elegant setting for weddings and other gatherings) to be her own. She later donated her home and the land to the state to preserve the historic site for generations to come.

Featured in "Fine Arts Professionals" group (05/27/2017); "Pictures for Present" group (05/27/2017); "The Niche" group (06/14/2017)

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