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Nov
20
Holiday Candlelight Tours at the Nathaniel Russell House
Celebrate the season with a candlelight tour of the Nathaniel Russell House, where Charleston’s post-colonial elite marked the holidays in 1808. Tickets required, four tours each night.
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5:30 pm
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8:00 pm
Nathaniel Russell House
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Nov
21
Holiday Candlelight Tours at the Nathaniel Russell House
Celebrate the season with a candlelight tour of the Nathaniel Russell House, where Charleston’s post-colonial elite marked the holidays in 1808. Tickets required, four tours each night.
Saturday
5:30 pm
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8:00 pm
Nathaniel Russell House
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Dec
4
Holiday Candlelight Tours at the Aiken-Rhett House
Celebrate the holidays as Charleston’s elite did with a candlelight tour of the Aiken-Rhett House. In the 1820s, formal dinners and family gatherings reflected the wealth and status of families whose fortunes were tied to plantation agriculture.By candlelight, visitors can experience how the antebellum elite marked the holiday season with elegance, display, and family tradition in one of Charleston’s most iconic homes.
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5:30 pm
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8:00 pm
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Dec
5
Holiday Candlelight Tours at the Aiken-Rhett House
Celebrate the holidays as Charleston’s elite did with a candlelight tour of the Aiken-Rhett House. In the 1820s, formal dinners and family gatherings reflected the wealth and status of families whose fortunes were tied to plantation agriculture.By candlelight, visitors can experience how the antebellum elite marked the holiday season with elegance, display, and family tradition in one of Charleston’s most iconic homes.
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5:30 pm
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8:00 pm
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Preserved “as-found”, a stark example of the wealthy vs. the urban enslaved, c.1820s.
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Restored to c.1808, a National Historic Landmark with ongoing archaeology.
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