Middleton's Plantation

Middleton's Plantation
Location 3.5 miles north of Edisto Island off South Carolina Highway 174, near Edisto Island, South Carolina
Coordinates 32°33′25″N 80°19′48″W / 32.55694°N 80.33000°W / 32.55694; -80.33000Coordinates: 32°33′25″N 80°19′48″W / 32.55694°N 80.33000°W / 32.55694; -80.33000
Area 6.4 acres (2.6 ha)
Built c. 1830 (1830)
NRHP Reference # 71000755[1]
Added to NRHP May 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

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Norman McCorkle (November 1970). "Middleton's Plantation" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved June 2014. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  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.


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