Frogmore (Edisto Island, South Carolina) Explained

Frogmore
Location:8341 Pine Landing Road, Edisto Island, SC 29438
Coordinates:32.5878°N -80.3558°W
Built:1820
Architecture:Greek Revival
Added:May 5, 1987
Refnum:86003203

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.[1] [2]

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.[3]

On May 5, 1987, Frogmore was added to the United States National Register of Historic Places.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Historic Houses of South Carolina. 1921. J.B. Lippincott Company. 227. Harriette Kershaw Leiding. 9780722245705.
  2. Web site: Frogmore . South Carolina Inventory Form for Historic Districts and Individual Properties in a Multiple Property Submission . October 7, 1986 . 8 December 2012.
  3. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~treasures/pa/indiana/caldwells/ch53/History%20Of%20Regiments%20Or%20Companies/55thregimentpennsylvaniavolunteers.pdf FreePages: 55th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers
  4. Web site: Frogmore, Charleston County. National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Nov 22, 2012.