Typescript essay on Charleston gardens, page VII: the Miles Brewton (Pringle) House
Book 1, Page 461 ·1920–1940
Transcription
VII
The Miles Brewton House, (now known as the old Pringle House which was formally the headquarters of the British Commander during the Revolution) had once a fine formal garden, that extended from King Street west to Legare Street, where there was a little postern gate. The garden has not been kept up, but the roses here are still lovly. However, some gardens have escaped the Philistines, and a few are still in the hands of the children’s children, so that they possess that endearing charm. The sense of having been lovly and beloved for centuries is rare indeed in America, and when met with elsewhere, in our country, it is only in chance fragment, but in Charleston it is the essence and aroma of the place.
AI Notes
Final page of an unsigned typescript essay on Charleston gardens (marked ‘VII’ at upper left). A short closing paragraph about the Miles Brewton House — known in the writer’s time as ‘the old Pringle House’ — once headquarters of the British Commander during the Revolution, and the formal garden that ran from King Street west to Legare Street. Two clear typos in the original are preserved verbatim: ‘formally’ (for ‘formerly’) and ‘lovly’ (for ‘lovely’, which appears twice). The lower two-thirds of the sheet are blank with scattered ink-blot stains.