Name/Title
Northern Money, Southern Land: The Lowcountry Plantation Sketches of Chlotilde R. MartinEntry/Object ID
2012.004.02Description
In the early 1930s Chlotilde R. Martin of Beaufort, South Carolina, wrote a series of articles for the Charleston News and Courier documenting the social and economic transformation of the lowcountry coast as an influx of wealthy northerners began buying scores of old local plantations. Her articles combined the name-dropping chatter of the lowcountry social register with reflections on the tension between past and present in the old rice and cotton kingdoms of South Carolina. Edited by Robert B. Cuthbert and Stephen G. Hoffius, Northern Money, Southern Land collects Martin's articles and augments them with photographs and historical annotations.
As Martin recounted, the new owners of these coastal properties ranked among the most successful businessmen in the country and included members of the Doubleday, Du Pont, Hutton, Kress, Whitney, Guggenheim, and Vanderbilt families. Among the later owners are media magnate Ted Turner and boxer Joe Frazier. The plantation houses they bought and the homes they built are some of the most important architectural structures in the Palmetto State, although many are rarely seen by the public.
Describes almost eighty estates covering some 300,000 acres of Beaufort, Jasper, Hampton, Colleton, and Berkeley counties.
BEAUFORT COUNTY PROPERTIES: Belfair -- Bray's Island (also the Old Means' Farm, Cunningham's Bluff, Hall's Island, Grays Hill, & Laurel Bay) -- Callawassie Island -- Cat Island -- Chisolm Island -- Clarendon -- Clay Hill, Nieuport (also Green Point) -- Coffin Point -- Cotton Hall -- Cuthbert Point (Pleasant Point) -- Dataw Island -- Foot Point -- Fort Fremont -- Hilton Head Island -- Lady's Island -- Orange Grove (Also Fripp [Seaside]) -- Palmetto Bluff -- Pine Island -- Polawana Island -- Retreat -- Rose Hill -- Spring Island -- Tomotley, Brewton, Bindon and Castle Hill -- Twickenham, Hobonny, and Bonny Hall
JASPER COUNTY PROPERTIES: Chelsea -- Delta -- Gregorie Neck -- Mackay Point -- Maurene (Corlies Estate; also F.K. Barbour Estate and J. A. Coleman Estate) -- Okeetee Club (Okatie Club) -- Pillot Hunting Club (also J. L. Wheeler land, Lindon, Garvey Hall, Red Bluff, Bull's Island, K. B. Schley lands, and Green Swamp Club) -- Pineland Club -- Spring Hill -- Strawberry Hill (also Old Glover Plantation) -- White Hall (also Honey Hill Battleground, Good Hope Camp, and Old House)
HAMPTON COUNTY PROPERTIES: Buckfield -- Gravel Hill -- Palachucola Club
COLLETON COUNTY PROPERTIES: Bradley Estate -- Cheeha-Combahee -- Combahee and Bluff -- Hope -- Laurel Spring (also Lowndes) -- Long Brow -- Myrtle Grove -- White Hall and Paul and Daltan
BERKELEY COUNTY PROPERTIES: Cypress Gardens (also Dean Hall) -- Medway -- Mepkin -- Mulberry Castle (also South Mulberry) -- Pimlico -- Wappaoolah
xxv, 274 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 27 cm.Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation LibraryAcquisition
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2012.004.Source or Donor
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Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
South Carolina--History, Local--Anecdotes, Plantations--South Carolina--History--20th century--Anecdotes, South Carolina--Social life and customs--20th century--Anecdotes, Social change--South Carolina--History--20th century--Anecdotes, Vacation homes--South Carolina--History--20th century, Anecdotes, Rich people--Northeastern States--Biography--Anecdotes South Carolina--Biography--AnecdotesBook Details
Author
Martin, Chlotilde R., 1895-1991, Hoffius, Stephen G.
Cuthbert, Robert B.Publisher
University of South Carolina PressDate Published
2009Call No.
F270 .M35 2009ISBN
9781570038228Location
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Missroon LibraryCategory
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February 7, 2023Location
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Granville RoomBuilding
Missroon LibraryCategory
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Note
Notes: Edited by Robert B. Cuthbert and Stephen G. Hoffius.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-262) and index.Created By
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May 3, 2012Updated By
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April 5, 2023