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Ratcliffe Manor is located in Talbot County's town of Easton, Maryland.The property is on a peninsula formed by the Tred Avon River and Dixon Creek. [1] [ Note 1] Henry Hollyday began accumulating materials for the construction of the Ratcliffe Manor house in 1755, and expected to start building in 1757. [3]
In 1834, Varner sold his holdings to Columbus R. Patton, representing his father, John D. Patton. The plantation was known as the Patton Plantation through the rest of the 19th century. [3] The Pattons built what is now the main house on the same site as Varner's cabin. [4] The Patton family developed the property into a sugar plantation.
The Judah P. Benjamin Confederate Memorial at Gamble Plantation Historic State Park, also known as the Gamble Mansion or Gamble Plantation, is a Florida State Park, located in Ellenton, Florida, on 37th Avenue East and US 301. It is home to the Florida Division United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC).
OPINION: A fictional letter explaining why and how Black people can say no to plantation weddings. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own.
Prospect Hill is an historic plantation house on Edisto Island, South Carolina. The two-story Federal house is significant for its architecture and ties to the production of sea island cotton. [2] [3] Constructed about 1800 for Ephraim Baynard, it sits on a bluff overlooking the South Edisto River. In 1860, William Grimball Baynard owned ...
The Robert William Roper House is an early-nineteenth-century house of architectural importance located at 9 East Battery in Charleston, South Carolina.It was built on land purchased in May 1838 by Robert W. Roper, a state legislator from the parish of St. Paul's, and a prominent member of the South Carolina Agricultural Society, whose income derived from his position as a cotton planter and ...
Courtesy of Rob Latour/Shutterstock Feeling the love! Jay Shetty was honored to officiate Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck’s second wedding ceremony — but he had some trouble holding it together.
The road crossing I-95 leading to the park's former entrance, once renamed "Marco Polo Park Boulevard", reverted to its original name of "Old Dixie Highway". The community of Plantation Bay now occupies the site of the former park. One major hindrance to the park's success was the lack of a southbound exit off of Interstate 95 to access the park.