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West Ashley Real Estate - South Carolina

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Flanked by scenic rivers and famed plantations, West Ashley is one of Charleston, S.C.’s oldest suburban residential areas. Exclusively neighborhoods such The Crescent, Wappoo Heights, Edgewater Park and South Windermere feature large homes on expansive wooded and waterfront lots and a feeling of countryside living only five minutes from the heart of the historic city.

West Ashley is home to the site of Charleston’s original colonial settlement in 1670, where today a state park features replicas of the old town as well as a delightful animal forest where indigenous species of bison, elk, black bear, fox, deer and bobcat roam spacious habitats designed by famed naturalist Jim Fowler.

West Ashley real estate selections feature a variety of neighborhoods, home and lot styles, from wooded interior to river, creek and intracoastal waterway front, all minutes from downtown.  Other neighborhoods worth a mention and close to town are Byrnes Down, Moreland and Ripley Light Marina.
 

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Ashley River Bridge District

Some of Charleston’s premiere residential neighborhoods are just minutes from the historic downtown area west of the Ashley River. The Crescent, Wappoo Heights, South Windermere and Moreland offer quiet, oak-shaded beauty near scenic marshes and waterways, and are less than five minutes drive to the heart of old Charleston.

These wonderful neighborhoods were developed in the 1920’s and 1930’s from an area known for many years as the “Pleasure Grove”- an expanse of gardens and tall trees between the Ashley River and Wappoo Creek. Throughout the mid- 19th century, crowds would come from the city by ferry boat to the Pleasure Grove for concerts by brass bands and saber exercises of local militia. A railroad station connecting Charleston and Savannah was added in 1860, and the old track bed is part of a bike and foot path “greenway” that extends for more than 10 miles in the West Ashley area today.

The first of a series of Ashley River bridges to the Pleasure Grove area was built in 1813, and most of the original traffic was cattle and carts filled with vegetables from outlying farms and plantations. The lone sign on the swing bridge built in 1887 read “walk your horses”, and the when earliest of the lift draw bridges currently crossing the Ashley River was opened with bascule towers and balusters in 1926, it was hailed as the “handsomest bridge in South Carolina”.

The scenic riverfront bluffs of Moreland that overlook the Charleston peninsula today bordered the original settlement of the city. The colony of Carolina was established in 1670 on the western banks of the Ashley River, where fertile high ground provided abundant crops and game. The city was moved across the river to the peninsula by 1680 to provide ships access to deeper water, but the West Ashley area chosen so many years ago remains a superb location.

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