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The large, neoclassical Simmons-Edwards House is a Charleston single house built for Francis Simmons, a Johns Island planter, about 1800. The house, located at 14 Legare St., Charleston, South Carolina, is famous for its large brick gates with decorative wrought iron. The gates, which were installed by George Edwards (who owned the house until ...
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 ...
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.
Stevenson playing a flageolet in Hawaii ca. 1889 Stevenson and King Kalākaua of Hawaii, c. 1889 The author with his wife and their household in Vailima, Samoa, c. 1892 Stevenson's birthday fete at Vailima, November 1894 Stevenson on the veranda of his home at Vailima, c. 1893 Burial on Mount Vaea in Samoa, 1894 His tomb on Mount Vaea, c. 1909
Charleston County was chartered in 1785 but was quickly dissolved after disputes by the residents about governance. The county was later redrawn in 1798 with the boundary lines taking effect on January 1, 1800. [4] The county seat and largest city in both the county and state is Charleston. Both the county and town was named after King Charles II.
U.S. Route 52 runs through the center of the town, leading north 25 miles (40 km) to Kingstree and south 17 miles (27 km) to Moncks Corner, the Berkeley County seat. South Carolina Highway 45 crosses US 52 in the town center and leads west 30 miles (48 km) to Eutawville and southeast 40 miles (64 km) to McClellanville near the Atlantic Ocean.
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In 2011, Historic Charleston Foundation sold McLeod Plantation to the Charleston County Park and Recreation Commission, thereby ensuring the buildings would be restored and protected under public ownership. [5] The McLeod Plantation Historic Site opened to the public on April 25, 2015. [6]