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Hopsewee Plantation, also known as the Thomas Lynch, Jr., Birthplace or Hopsewee-on-the-Santee, is a plantation house built in 1735 near Georgetown, South Carolina, in the Lowcountry. It was the main house of a rice plantation and the birthplace of Thomas Lynch, Jr. , a Founding Father who was a signer of the Declaration of Independence .
Lynch Jr. was born at Hopsewee Plantation in Prince George Parish, Winyah, in what is now Georgetown, South Carolina. He was the third child and first son of Thomas Lynch and his wife, Elizabeth (née Allston) Lynch. He had two older sisters, named Sabina and Esther, who were born in 1747 and 1748, respectively.
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of South Carolina that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, listed on a heritage register, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design.
Hampton Plantation: McClellanville 1735 House The plantation is now operated as a state park. Hopsewee: South of Georgetown 1735 House Hext Tenements: 51-53 Tradd Street, Charleston 1736 [12] House Allston-Read House: 405 Front Street, Georgetown 1737 [13] House William Elliott House: 75 King Street, Charleston Before 1739 [14] House Thomas ...
Location of Georgetown County in South Carolina. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Georgetown County, South Carolina.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgetown County, South Carolina, United States.
This is a List of National Historic Landmarks in South Carolina, United States.The United States' National Historic Landmark (NHL) program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service, and recognizes buildings, sites, structures, districts, and objects according to a list of criteria of national significance. [1]
Oakland Plantation (Fort Motte, South Carolina) Oakland Plantation House (Mount Pleasant, South Carolina) The Oaks (Frogmore, South Carolina) The Oaks (Winnsboro, South Carolina) Oakwood (Gadsden, South Carolina) Orange Grove (Dalzell, South Carolina) Orange Grove Plantation (Saint Helena Island, South Carolina) Otranto Plantation
Four plantation houses (at Exchange, Rosebank, Chicora Wood, and Dirleton); Two rice barns (at Hasty Point and Exchange); Collections of plantation outbuildings (at Chicora Wood and Arundel); Rice mill and chimney (at Chicora Wood); Historic ricefields with canals, dikes, and trunks. The plantation houses are all frame houses with a central ...