Prospect Hill (Charleston County, South Carolina)
Prospect Hill is an historic plantation house in Edisto Island, South Carolina.[2]
Prospect Hill | |
South (front) facade, October 1978 | |
Location | 2695 Laurel Hill Road, Edisto Island, SC 29438 |
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Coordinates | 32°34′54″N 80°23′04″W |
Built | c. 1792 |
Architectural style | Greek Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 86003196[1] |
Added to NRHP | Nov. 28, 1986 |
The house is significant for its architecture and ties to the production of sea island cotton. Constructed about 1800 for Ephraim Baynard, it sits on a bluff overlooking the South Edisto River. In 1860, William Grimball Baynard owned Prospect Hill. Baynard was an elder in the Edisto Island Presbyterian Church, a Justice of the Peace, a Justice of the Quorum, and the owner of 220 slaves. When Baynard died in 1861, his son William G. Baynard acquired the house.
Prospect Hill is a two-story Federal house.[3]
In 1999, Prospect Hill was bought by the Nature Conservancy of South Carolina for $5.75 million with plans to conserve the 1200 acres along the South Edisto River. The prior owner was a real estate development company which had intended to develop the property.[4] The house was then resold to private homeowners who restored the house.[5]
The house was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on 28 November 1986.[1]
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- "Prospect Hill" (pdf). South Carolina Inventory Form for Historic Districts and Individual Properties in a Multiple Property Submission. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
- "Prospect Hill, Charleston County (off Laurel Hill Rd., Edisto Island)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved Dec 3, 2012.
- "Conservancy Buys Edisto Plantation". Spartanburg Herald-Journal. May 7, 1999. p. A13. Retrieved Dec 4, 2012.
- Robert Behre (June 30, 2003). "Prospect Hill restoriation clings to historic accuracy". Charleston Post & Courier. p. B1.
External links
Media related to Prospect Hill (Charleston County, South Carolina) at Wikimedia Commons - Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. SC-492, "Prospect Hill (House), State Route 174 vicinity, Edisto Island, Charleston County, SC", 9 photos, 1 photo caption page