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The most expensive private home in Rhode Island, [2] High Watch has been owned by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift since 2013 and is a subject of publicity and media attention, mostly known for being the venue of Swift's annual Independence Day parties, attended by a range of celebrities.
Swift purchased "High Watch," formerly known as "Holiday House," in 2013—reportedly in cash—and it's still the most expensive private home in Rhode Island to this date.
1976: Amelia Island Plantation bankrupt, sold to Richard Cooper Investments. [16] 1976: The Brandermill Group, including one of Charles E. Fraser's Proteges, Harry Framton, buys out Sea Pines' interest in Swift Creek and renames the plantation Brandermill. [13] 1976: Wintergreen Resort sold to Melba Investors.
Back in 2013, Swift famously purchased High Watch (formerly Holiday House, including in the singer’s 2020 track “The Last Great American Dynasty”) in Westerly, Rhode Island, putting her in ...
The Sea Pines Company was a real estate development group founded by General Joseph Bacon Fraser, Charles E. Fraser, and Joseph B. Fraser, Jr. In 1956. It developed Sea Pines Plantation, Amelia Island Plantation, Brandermill (Virginia), Kiawah Island, Palmas Del Mar (Puerto Rico), Hilton Head Plantation, Wintergreen Resort and more.
Taylor Swift’s Holiday House sits quietly on the beach — but now the singer is planning a lavish remodel of the seaside Rhode Island mansion. According to a building permit and zoning ...
Randolph also acquired title to land on the north side of Swift Creek in Bermuda Hundred in 1655 and built Swift Creek Mill, considered one of the first grist mills in the United States, about 1663. [2] [7] The mill was located alongside Randolph's plantation. [8]
In contrast, the primary focus of a plantation was the production of cash crops, with enough staple food crops produced to feed the population of the estate and the livestock. [4] A common definition of what constituted a plantation is that it typically had 500 to 1,000 acres (2.0 to 4.0 km 2 ) or more of land and produced one or two cash crops ...