Beneventum Plantation House

Beneventum Plantation House
Beneventum Plantation House, HABS Photo, October 1977
Location Off County Road 431, near Georgetown, South Carolina
Coordinates 33°26′43″N 79°15′39″W / 33.44528°N 79.26083°W / 33.44528; -79.26083Coordinates: 33°26′43″N 79°15′39″W / 33.44528°N 79.26083°W / 33.44528; -79.26083
Area less than one acre
Built c. 1750 (1750)
Architectural style Colonial, Southern Colonial
MPS Georgetown County Rice Culture MPS
NRHP Reference # 88000526[1]
Added to NRHP October 3, 1988

Beneventum Plantation House, originally known as Prospect Hill Plantation, is a historic plantation house located near Georgetown, Georgetown County, South Carolina. It was built about 1750, and is a two-story, five bay, Georgian style house. It features a one-story portico across the center two-thirds of the façade. The rear half of the house was added about 1800, with further rear additions made probably early-20th century. It was the home of Christopher Gadsden, a prominent statesmen and soldier of the American Revolution, the originator of the “Don’t Tread on Me” flag, and Federalist Party leader in the early national period.[2][3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ J. Tracy Power and Sherry Piland (September 1987). "Beneventum Plantation House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  3. ↑ "Beneventum Plantation House, Georgetown County (off S.C. Sec. Rd. 431, Georgetown vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 7 July 2012.

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