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Mar 27, 2008
Marshlands Plantation House
Marshlands Plantation House, in Charleston, South Carolina, is an historic plantation house that was built in 1810 and listed in the National Register of Historic Places on March 30, 1973. It is a 2+1⁄2-story Federal-style plantation home. The house was relocated in the 1960s from its original location on the site of the United States Navy Shipyard. The Navy had announced it would have to demolish the empty house if it could not be relocated with the $15,000 the Navy had set aside for the purpose. The City of Charleston took temporary possession of the house, transferring it to the College of Charleston which relocated it for preservation to James Island.
Marshlands Plantation House
Marshlands Plantation House, in Charleston, South Carolina, is an historic plantation house that was built in 1810 and listed in the National Register of Historic Places on March 30, 1973. It is a 2+1⁄2-story Federal-style plantation home. The house was relocated in the 1960s from its original location on the site of the United States Navy Shipyard. The Navy had announced it would have to demolish the empty house if it could not be relocated with the $15,000 the Navy had set aside for the purpose. The City of Charleston took temporary possession of the house, transferring it to the College of Charleston which relocated it for preservation to James Island.
Mar 27, 2008
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Oct 12, 2022
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Mar 30, 1973
Mar 30, 1973
National Register of Historic Places - Marshlands Plantation House
Statement of Significance: Architecturally the Marshlands house is a valuable example of a plantation home built during the Federal period. The interior floor plan, the large front piazza, and the high brick foundations reflect the location and period of construction as well as the lifestyle of the owner. The hand carved woodwork is outstanding and especially noteworthy because of the presence of two distinct styles: Adam ornamentation and gouge work. The gouge carving is described by Samuel Gaillard Stoney in his Plantations of the Carolina Low Country as "lavish and excellently executed. Agricultural Significance: Marshlands was built during the crest of expanding rice production after the Revolution. A new system of flooding the fields and the invention of a rice mill contributed to the wealth of the rice planter, undermined only later when cotton replaced rice as the state's most valuable crop. John Ball was among those who had benefitted from the ready market and more efficient means of production when he commissioned the construction of a house on the Cooper River in 1810. Profits from rice found an aesthetic expression in the architectural value and elegance of Marshlands plantation house. The original 213-acre tract was sold to Nathaniel Heyward in 1819. Heyward, who owned fifteen plantations in addition to Marshlands, played a leading role in rice production in antebellum South Carolina. Following his death in 1851, his estate was assessed at over $3 million, at that time the largest in the state.
National Register of Historic Places - Marshlands Plantation House
Statement of Significance: Architecturally the Marshlands house is a valuable example of a plantation home built during the Federal period. The interior floor plan, the large front piazza, and the high brick foundations reflect the location and period of construction as well as the lifestyle of the owner. The hand carved woodwork is outstanding and especially noteworthy because of the presence of two distinct styles: Adam ornamentation and gouge work. The gouge carving is described by Samuel Gaillard Stoney in his Plantations of the Carolina Low Country as "lavish and excellently executed. Agricultural Significance: Marshlands was built during the crest of expanding rice production after the Revolution. A new system of flooding the fields and the invention of a rice mill contributed to the wealth of the rice planter, undermined only later when cotton replaced rice as the state's most valuable crop. John Ball was among those who had benefitted from the ready market and more efficient means of production when he commissioned the construction of a house on the Cooper River in 1810. Profits from rice found an aesthetic expression in the architectural value and elegance of Marshlands plantation house. The original 213-acre tract was sold to Nathaniel Heyward in 1819. Heyward, who owned fifteen plantations in addition to Marshlands, played a leading role in rice production in antebellum South Carolina. Following his death in 1851, his estate was assessed at over $3 million, at that time the largest in the state.
Posted Date
Oct 12, 2022
Historical Record Date
Mar 30, 1973
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National Register of Historic Places
