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The William Seabrook House, also known as the Seabrook [2] is a plantation house built about 1810 on Edisto Island, South Carolina, United States, southwest of Charleston. [3] It is located off Steamboat Landing Road Extension (South Carolina State Highway 10-768) close to Steamboat Creek [ 4 ] about 0.7 mi (1.1 km) from Steam Boat Landing.
Morris Island Lighthouse. Morris Island is an 840-acre (3.4 km 2) uninhabited island in Charleston Harbor in South Carolina, accessible only by boat. The island lies in the outer reaches of the harbor and was thus a strategic location in the American Civil War. The island is part of the cities of Charleston and Folly Beach, in Charleston County.
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.
The Paul Hamilton House, commonly referred to as the Brick House Ruins, is the ruin of a 1725 plantation house on Edisto Island, South Carolina, that burned in 1929. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1970 for the unusual architecture of the surviving walls, which is partly based on French Huguenot architecture of the period.
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 ]
The best examples of this architecture were built in the period of 1961-1973 in Sea Pines Plantation. Most of these houses, and all on beach front lots, have been torn down for larger residences. Today, houses, villas, condominiums, and hotels within Sea Pines and other plantations have expanded inward to cover virtually the entire island.
Coffin Point Plantation, is a historic plantation house located in the Frogmore area of Beaufort County, South Carolina, USA.A Sea Island plantation.. Ebenezer Coffin, born in Boston in 1763, received 1120 acres and 63 chattel slaves from his father-in-law and had the house built on the property.
South Carolina is named after King Charles I of England.Carolina is taken from the Latin word for "Charles", Carolus. South Carolina was formed in 1712. By the end of the 16th century, the Spanish and French had left the area of South Carolina after several reconnaissance missions, expeditions and failed colonization attempts, notably the short-living French outpost of Charlesfort followed by ...