one was the edmondson house. up next a brief interview on the significance of this location >> you are looking at the house built in 1826. it's a great town house and mansion of the austin mittal ten and edmondson family and it's owned by middleton place foundations. the house museum, and the significance is the general watched the bombardment of fort sumter most people call them fernandez or purchase the the to -- porches. robert e. lee was sent down to defend charleston staying at the mills house. fire broke and out, he had to leave and the family offered to put him out here so this is where robert e. lee stayed the short time he was here and the defenses of charleston most importantly i think is that when he was in charleston he bought his famous horse traveller and began growing the famous white beard comes of the house is open to the public and it's a very charming mix sample of the architecture. >> for more information on book tv's recent trip to charleston south carolina, does it