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Oak Island, also known as the William Seabrook, Jr. House, is a historic plantation house located at Edisto Island, Charleston County, South Carolina.It was built about 1828–1831, and is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story, five-bay, rectangular, central-hall, frame, weatherboard-clad residence with a projecting two-story rear pavilion.
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 Reconstruction Era National Historical Park, formerly Reconstruction Era National Monument, is a United States National Historical Park in Beaufort County, South Carolina established by President Barack Obama in January 2017 to preserve and commemorate activities during the Reconstruction Era that followed the American Civil War.
While Oak Island was formed from two existing towns, St. James began with one man’s vision. Developer Homer Wright sought to create a golf community and purchased 2,500 acres of land off N.C ...
Charles Towne Landing State Historic Site in the West Ashley area of Charleston, South Carolina preserves the original site of the first permanent English settlement in Carolina. [2][3] Originally opened in 1970 to commemorate South Carolina 's tricentennial, this 664-acre (269 ha) site is home to an exhibit hall, rental facility, a natural ...
The Roanoke Colony (/ ˈroʊənoʊk / ROH-ə-nohk) was an attempt by Sir Walter Raleigh to found the first permanent English settlement in North America. The colony was founded in 1585, but when it was visited by a ship in 1590, the colonists had inexplicably disappeared. It has come to be known as the Lost Colony, and the fate of the 112 to ...
August 29, 2024 at 3:00 AM. Sustainable Murrells Inlet/Courtesy of Sustainable Murrells Inlet on Facebook. When Murrells Inlet residents learned of plans to remove a beloved 200-year-old live oak ...
Bloody Point was a part of the land settled by European colonists in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. [2] It was the site of a violent battle in 1715, during the Yemassee War. [3] After the island had been divided up by Europeans in the 18th century, the Spanish began to grow uncomfortable having the English so close to their Florida ...