... part 2 begins at the intersection of Sumter Street and West Carolina Avenue,  where another one of Summerville's famous Inns of the late 1800's stood and operated right up until the 1960's. After the depression of the 1930's followed by World War II, Summerville's notoriety as a health resort and getaway for the world's...

The town of Summerville, a most beautiful and interesting place. Summerville's origins date back to before the revolutionary war. Back then it was merely a village set up by many of the wealthy plantation owners to escape the "swamp gasses" of which they thought was the cause of Malaria. During the same time period, a new settlement was established on the Ashley River...