Frogmore (Edisto Island, South Carolina)

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Location8341 Pine Landing Road, Edisto Island, SC 29438
Coordinates 32°35′16″N80°21′21″W / 32.58778°N 80.35583°W / 32.58778; -80.35583
Area43.95 acres (17.79 ha)
Built1820
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No. 86003203 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 5, 1987

Frogmore is a plantation house on Edisto Island, South Carolina, built by Waccamaw's Dr. Edward Mitchell in approximately 1820 following his marriage to Edisto Island's Elizabeth Baynard. [2] [3]

Frogmore, a rectangular, two-story, hip-roofed house, has a distinctive cotton plantation on an antebellum sea island. Mitchell ran a large plantation with more than 100 slaves in 1840.

When Edisto Island was occupied by the Federal union from 1862 onward, Colonel Moore of the 55th Pennsylvania Infantry used Frogmore as his headquarters. [4]

On May 5, 1987, Frogmore was added to the United States National Register of Historic Places. [5]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Harriette Kershaw Leiding (1921). Historic Houses of South Carolina. J.B. Lippincott Company. p. 227. ISBN   9780722245705.
  3. "Frogmore" (PDF). South Carolina Inventory Form for Historic Districts and Individual Properties in a Multiple Property Submission. October 7, 1986. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  4. FreePages: 55th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers
  5. "Frogmore, Charleston County". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved Nov 22, 2012.