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Name: Talvande Mansion - Swords Gate House, Charleston, South Carolina
Location Type: Other
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Coordinates: 32.788436, -79.939931
Description:
This very old house, now a private home, was a boarding school for teenage girls in the 1800s. When one of the girls eloped, damaging the school's reputation, Headmistress Madame Talvande turned the school into a fortress and watched the girls very closely. It is said that she still lingers there,...