"An authority in its field and a treasure for its photographs, its measured drawings, its signatures and identifications of the works of early Charleston architects and builders . . . no student of local architecture, whether professional or amateur, can afford to be unacquainted with this distinguished and wholly excellent book, for it has preserved and recorded for all of us the architectural glory that Charles was and is." - Charleston Evening Post. Includes an Index.

(Key Words: Charleston, South Carolina, Albert Simons, Architecture, American South, Alberts Simons, Samuel Lapham Jr., Samuel Gaillard Stoney, Colonial America, Buildings, Churches, Maps, Churches).