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| Location | South Carolina Highway 64, 0.9 miles east of South Carolina Highway 458, near Neyles, South Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 32°49′42″N80°34′41″W / 32.82833°N 80.57806°W |
| Area | 325 acres (132 ha) |
| Built | 1850 |
| NRHP reference No. | 97000359 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 1, 1997 |
Ravenwood Plantation is a historic rice plantation, built in 1850 near Neyles in Colleton County, South Carolina. [2] [3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. [1]
Colleton County is in the Lowcountry region of the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 38,604. Its county seat is Walterboro. The county is named after Sir John Colleton, 1st Baronet, one of the eight Lords Proprietor of the Province of Carolina. After two previous incarnations, the current Colleton County was created in 1800.
Walterboro is a city in Colleton County, South Carolina, United States. The city's population was 5,398 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Colleton County. Walterboro is located 48 miles (77 km) west of Charleston and is located near the ACE Basin region in the South Carolina Lowcountry.
Ravenwood may refer to:
Pon Pon Chapel was built in 1820 in Jacksonboro, South Carolina. It was located "on Parker’s Ferry Road, the busy stagecoach thoroughfare that connected Charleston, South Carolina and Savannah, Georgia." Today, Parker's Ferry Road is a barely paved road along the south side of a power line right of way, and the ruins of the chapel can be found along this road east of Jacksonboro Road.
Redcliffe Plantation State Historic Site is a state park in South Carolina, United States. Redcliffe Plantation, also known as Redcliffe, completed in 1859, is a Greek Revival plantation house located on the site that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The house was designed by the baron Louis Berckmans and was built in 1857. It was built for James Henry Hammond and was home to three generations of his descendants. His great-grandson John Shaw Billings, editor of Time, Life, and Fortune magazines, donated the estate and collections to the people of South Carolina in 1973. The same year it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
The Fripp-Fishburne House is a historic building in Walterboro, South Carolina, United States. Built in 1889, it has been renovated several times and currently serves as a private residence.
The Walterboro Historic District is a historic district in Walterboro, South Carolina. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 and expanded in 1993 to include the state-owned Walterboro High School at 807 Hampton Street, a building designed by James B. Urquhart and J. T. Dabbs in 1924.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Colleton County, South Carolina.
The Colleton County Courthouse was built in 1820. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. The building is located corner of Jeffries and Hampton Streets in Walterboro, South Carolina. The building was put on the register as an example of Greek Revival architecture and also due to its historical significance, since the first meeting on nullification was held in the building in 1828.
Jacksonboro is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located in southeastern Colleton County, South Carolina, United States, along the west side of the Edisto River. Jacksonboro serves as a primary junction along U.S. Highway 17 between Charleston 32 miles (51 km) to the east and Beaufort 41 miles (66 km) to the southwest. Walterboro, the Colleton County seat, is 16 miles (26 km) to the northwest via South Carolina Highway 64. The population of Jacksonboro was 478 as of the 2010 census.
Rivers Bridge State Historic Site, also known as Rivers Bridge State Park, located near Ehrhardt, a small town in Bamberg County, South Carolina, is the site of an important Civil War battle. It is in this area that General William T. Sherman engaged the Confederate Army on his advance from Savannah, and after two days of battle, outflanked the Confederates and forced them to withdraw. River Bridge State Park was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on February 23, 1972.
Lewisfield Plantation is a historic plantation house located near Moncks Corner, Berkeley County, South Carolina. It was built about 1774, and is a 2 1/2-half story clapboard dwelling. It is supported by a high brick foundation that encloses a raised basement. It has a five bay wide verandah supported by six slender Doric order columns. Records show over 100 slaves were held in bondage on the plantation as of 1835.
Walterboro Library Society Building is a historic library building located at Walterboro, Colleton County, South Carolina. It was built in 1820, and is a small, white, Federal style frame building with a side-gabled roof. The front façade features a Palladian-style door surround capped by a fanlight. The building is occupied by the Colleton County Historical Society. When Walterboro was incorporated in 1826, the town boundaries were established as "3/4 of a mile in every direction from the Walterboro Library."
Old Colleton County Jail is a historic library building located at Walterboro, Colleton County, South Carolina. It was built in 1856, and is a stuccoed brick building in the Gothic Revival style. The building was designed by noted Charleston architects, Edward C. Jones and Francis D. Lee. The jail in part resembles a miniature, fortified castle. The front façade has crenellated parapets, turret-like structures at either corner, and a massive central tower with a large lancet window above the main entrance.
Hotel Albert Commercial Block, also known as the Shoppes at the Albert House, is a historic hotel building located at Walterboro, Colleton County, South Carolina. The complex was built in 1912, and consists of four two-story brick structures. It was operated as a hotel until 1960, after which it housed apartments and various commercial enterprises. They buildings were restored in 1995.
Seaside Plantation House, also known as Locksley Hall, is a historic plantation house located at Edisto Island, Colleton County, South Carolina. It was built about 1810, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, Federal style brick dwelling with a gable roof. The house is one room deep with a long porch across the southeast elevation and sits on a raised basement. The central portion of the house is stuccoed brick with frame additions on the first floor.
Hickory Valley Historic District is a national historic district located at Walterboro, Colleton County, South Carolina. The district encompasses 16 contributing buildings in Walterboro. The majority of the properties in the district are residences constructed between 1821 and 1929 which includes a concentration of early homes dating from Walterboro's heyday as a pineland resort village for lowcountry planters. The architectural styles in the district include Federal, Greek Revival, Victorian carpenter, Neo-Classical and Federal Revival. The district is important historically for its associations with Walterboro's founders as well as with several generations of prominent Walterboro families.
The St. James the Greater Catholic Mission is a Black Catholic church in southern Colleton County, South Carolina. The site has been used since 1833 by an African-American congregation, and is extremely rare for its remarkably intact campus.
Neyles is an unincorporated community in Colleton County, South Carolina, United States. It is located along South Carolina Highway 64 southeast of Walterboro, and northeast of Ritter.
Fields Point is a peninsula in Colleton County, South Carolina, that has been part of plantation lands and was fortified during the American Civil War. It includes an area of high ground along a bend in the Combahee River and is named for the Fields family that owned a plantation on the property. The area saw action during the American Civil War including during the raid on Combahee Ferry that involved Harriet Tubman. The area now includes a county owned boat landing. Surrounding land is owned by the Cheeha-Combahee Plantation.
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