Middleton's Plantation

Coordinates: 32°33′25″N 80°19′48″W / 32.55694°N 80.33000°W / 32.55694; -80.33000
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Middleton's Plantation
Middleton's Plantation is located in South Carolina
Middleton's Plantation
Middleton's Plantation is located in the United States
Middleton's Plantation
Location3.5 miles north of Edisto Island off South Carolina Highway 174, near Edisto Island, South Carolina
Coordinates32°33′25″N 80°19′48″W / 32.55694°N 80.33000°W / 32.55694; -80.33000
Area6.4 acres (2.6 ha)
Builtc. 1830 (1830)
NRHP reference No.71000755[1]
Added to NRHPMay 6, 1971

Middleton's Plantation, also known as Chisolm's Plantation and The Launch, is a historic plantation house located near Edisto Island, Charleston County, South Carolina. It was built about 1830, and is a two-story wooden house, with one-room wings. It sits on a raised arcaded brick basement. It features a small Tuscan order colonnaded porch on the land side facade and a recessed, full width, Tuscan order colonnaded porch on the water side. It was the home of Oliver Hering Middleton, son of Governor Henry Middleton of Middleton Place.[2][3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Norman McCorkle (November 1970). "Middleton's Plantation" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  3. ^ "Middleton's Plantation, Charleston County (off S.C. Hwy. 174, Edisto Island)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-08-01.