Stories, landmarks, people and moments that shaped Summerville and the surrounding Lowcountry.
Did You Know? | Local History Before it preserved Summerville’s history, this building helped make it. If you’ve ever visited the Summerville Museum and Research
When people hear about the 1886 Charleston earthquake, they usually picture Charleston. But one of the most important parts of that story happened much closer
Today, the name President Circle sounds like another Summerville neighborhood. More than a century ago, though, the property looked very different. Instead of homes and
Long before I-26 traffic, brake lights, and morning backups into Charleston, people were already commuting between Summerville and the city for work. They just did
You can live in Summerville for years and still pick up a few assumptions about the town that aren’t quite right. Some come from how
What’s Hiding in Plain Sight Around Summerville? You can walk through downtown Summerville a hundred times and still miss some of the details hiding right
This week, Downtown Summerville will fill up for one of the town’s biggest celebrations of the year: the Sweet Tea Festival. But there’s a reason
What You’ll Find Below Why protecting pine trees helped lead to Summerville’s incorporation The story behind “Let the pines be sacred” How “Flowertown in the
What You’ll Find Below What it means to be a South Carolina Cultural District How Summerville became the state’s 13th designated district Some of the
