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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 John Drayton House at 2 Ladson St. in downtown Charleston, South Carolina was built after 1746 by John Drayton, the builder of Drayton Hall, and shows his preference for the Georgian Palladian style. For many decades, the house was thought to have been begun in 1738 and completed in 1752. In 2014, an examination of wood cores showed that ...
Added to NRHP. May 08, 1973. Redcliffe Plantation State Historic Site is a state park in South Carolina, United States. Redcliffe Plantation, also known as Redcliffe, completed in 1859, is a Greek Revival plantation house located on the site that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [2] [3] The house was designed by the baron ...
September 25, 1991 [ 1] Designated NHL. April 27, 1992 [ 2] Evergreen Plantation is a plantation located on the west side of the Mississippi River in St. John the Baptist Parish, near Wallace, Louisiana, and along Louisiana Highway 18. The main house was constructed mostly in 1790, and renovated to its current Greek Revival style in 1832.
Edmund Ruffin III (January 5, 1794 – June 17, 1865) was a wealthy Virginia planter who served in the Virginia Senate from 1823 to 1827. [ 1] In the last three decades before the American Civil War, his pro-slavery writings received more attention than his agricultural work. Ruffin, a slaveholder, staunchly advocated states' rights and slavery ...
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens (464 acres, 187.77 hectares) is a historic house with gardens located on the Ashley River at 3550 Ashley River Road west of Ashley, Charleston County, South Carolina. [ 2][ 3] It is one of the oldest plantations in the South, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
This list of botanical gardens and arboretums in South Carolina is intended to include all significant botanical gardens and arboretums in the U.S. state of South Carolina. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Name
July 2, 2022 at 5:00 AM. More than 236,000 acres of rice fields spanning 160 miles once covered coastal South Carolina, according to a recent mapping project that used modern tools to document the ...