Miscellaneous Lowcountry Plantations

Archive

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Historic Charleston Foundation

Name/Title

Miscellaneous Lowcountry Plantations

Entry/Object ID

PLANTATIONS.003

Scope and Content

Property files on a number of SC Lowcountry plantations. Note that Cooper River Historic District plantation files are stored separately. Box 1 Feature article about lowcountry plantations and parish churches (News & Courier, 4/18/1965); includes history of the evolution of plantations description of plantation life, as well as information (with photographs) about Hampton Plantation, Hopsewee, The Wedge, Oakland, Medway, Mulberry, Willtown Bluff, Brays Island, Middleburg, Dean Hall, Retreat, Drayton Hall, Fenwick Hall, and Middleton Place. Allandale (Wadmalaw) Archdale Hall (Dorchester County) Ashley Hall Plantation Beaufort plantations (Tomotley, Brewton Plantation, Bindon, Castle Hill) Belle Isle Gardens (Georgetown) (Loutrel Briggs garden) Belvedere (a/k/a Belvidere) (see photo 2009.003.003) Bleak Hall (Edisto Island) Bloomfield (a/k/a Bloomville, Bloom Hall) (Goose Creek) Boochawee Plantation (Goose Creek) Boone Hall (Mt. Pleasant) (see Allied Materials) Bosworth Plantation (Charleston) Brays Island Plantation (Beaufort County) Brick House / Cedar Hall (Edisto Island) Brookland (Edisto Island) Cedar Grove (Ashley River, Dorchester County) Cherokee Plantation (Yemassee) Crowfield (Goose Creek) Dover Plantation (Georgetown) The Elms (Goose Creek, North Charleston) Encampment Plantation (Adams Run, Charleston County) Fairfield Hall (Berkeley County) Farmfield (Charleston County) Fenwick Hall (Charleston County) Fountainbleau Friendfield Plantation (Georgetown) (Loutrel Briggs Garden) and Mount Pleasant (Silver Hill) House [see also photos on CD] Grove Plantation (Charleston County) Hagan Plantation (Berkeley County) (see note) Hampton Plantation (Charleston County) Harrietta (McClellanville) Hibben House (Mount Pleasant) Hobcaw Barony (Georgetown County) Hobcaw Plantation (Mount Pleasant/Charleston County) (see also, archaeological report, 2009.002.087) Hope Plantation (Colleton County) Hopsewee Plantation (Georgetown County) Ingleside Plantation a/k/a Hayes Plantation (Goose Creek) Jordan Tract (Hobcaw Plantation) Kinloch Plantation (Georgetown County) Box 2 Laurel Hill (Georgetown County) MacLaura Hall Plantation Marshlands Plantation (Charleston County) Moving Star Hall Praise House (James Island) New Cut Plantation (Wadmalaw) Oak Hall Plantation (Charleston County) Oak Island Plantation (Edisto) Oakland (Mount Pleasant) The Oaks (Goose Creek) Otranto (a/k/a Goslington) (Goose Creek) Otranto Club House (Goose Creek) Palmetto Bluff (Beaufort) Peachtree (Charleston County) Peter's Point Plantation (Edisto) Ponemah Plantation (Georgetown) Prospect Hill (Edisto Island) Ravens Point Plantation (Johns Island) Runnymede (West Ashley, Charleston County) Rose Hill (Beaufort County) Rosebank Plantation (Wadmalaw) Roseville Plantation (Florence) Oliver Seabrook House (Wadmalaw) Seabrook Plantation (Edisto) Seaside Plantation House (Edisto) Starve Gut Hall (Dunes West, Wando River Region) Stiles Point (James Island) Twickenham Plantation (Beaufort County) Wedge Plantation (McClellanville) Whitehall Plantation (Jasper) Wide Awake (Meggett) Willbrook (Pawleys Island) Windsor Hill (Goose Creek) Woodstock Files may contain a variety of information including newspaper articles; narrative histories; research notes; photos; plats and maps; etc. See Related tab for books about plantations. See also Cooper River Historic District box and individual files/boxes for plantations on which HCF holds an easement: Auldbrass Plantation, Chicora Wood, Lowndes Grove, McLeod Plantation, Medway, Annandale/Millbrook Plantation, Mulberry Plantation, William Seabrook House (Secessionville).

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Property Records

Acquisition

Accession

PLANTATIONS.

Source or Donor

Miscellaneous Plantation Files

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Search Terms

Plantations--South Carolina

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Property File

Archive Details

Archive Size/Extent

2 document boxes

Archive Notes

Associated Material: SCHS has Brick House Records, 1727-1936 (call no. 32/137

Archive Items Details

Description

Contains "An Archaeological and Historical Reconnaissance of Encampment Plantation," by Michael Trinkley (Chicora Foundation Contribution 167) (Aug. 14, 1995).

Container

Adams Run

Description

Contains "A Reconnaissance to Hagan Plantation (38BK183)" by Chris Judge, Feb. 1994, which also includes brief mentions of Akinfield Plantation, Moreland Plantation, Benevento Plantation, and Spring Hill Plantation. File also contains "A Second Reconnaissance of Hagan Plantation (38BK183 and 38BK163)" by Chris Judge, April 1994.

Container

Hagan Plantation

Description

"Stabilization Report" by Simons Young (Media tab).

Container

Brick House Plantation

Description

Article entitled "Starve Gut Hall at Dunes West" by Lucy B. Wayne, from the Proceedings of a Symposium Held at Lynch Hall, Dunes West, Mount Pleasant, September 21, 1996 (see Media tab).

Container

Starve Gut Hall

Description

Excerpt from St. James-Santee Parish Historical Sketches and newspaper articles (Media tab).

Container

Peachtree Plantation

Description

Excerpt from Historic Atlas of the Rice Plantations of the ACE Basin.

Container

Willtown Plantation

Location

Location

Container

Document Box

Shelf

Plantations Shelves

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

2005.003.0175, 2005.003.0189, 2005.003.0245, 2006.002.0005, 2006.002.0225, 2007.001.06, 2007.001.07, 2007.002.0056, 2008.001.59, 2009.002.012, 2009.004.002, 2013.001.03, PLANTATIONS.002 Related Units of Description: Preservation Consultants files for Boone Hall (Part I and/or Part II applications and/or photos and/or miscellaneous documentation), 2011.022.1

Related Publications

Notes

See also Cooper River Historic District files; files for plantations on which HCF holds easements; various other books and pamphlets in HCF's library. Subject search for "plantation"; Title contains "Plantation"; Keyword and Description search for specific name of plantation.

General Notes

Note

Notes: Container List includes titles of reports and other documentation (other than newspaper articles and book excerpts). Adams Run file contains "An Archaeological and Historical Reconnaissance of Encampment Plantation," by Michael Trinkley (Chicora Foundation Contribution 167) (Aug. 14, 1995). Hagan Plantation file contains "A Reconnaissance to Hagan Plantation (38BK183)" by Chris Judge, Feb. 1994, which also includes brief mentions of Akinfield Plantation, Moreland Plantation, Benevento Plantation, and Spring Hill Plantation. File also contains "A Second Reconnaissance of Hagan Plantation (38BK183 and 38BK163)" by Chris Judge, April 1994. See Media tab for pdf of Brick House Plantation "Stabilization Report." Two photos of (possibly) Elms Plantation ruins in Photo File Cabinet. See Media tab for pdf of Starve Gut Hall at Dunes West by Lucy B. Wayne. See Media tab for pdfs of Peachtree Plantation information. See Media tab for excerpt on Willtown Plantation from Historic Atlas of the Rice Plantations of the ACE Basin.

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Create Date

September 20, 2007

Updated By

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Update Date

February 17, 2023