Middleton's Plantation Explained

Middleton's Plantation
Location:3.5 miles north of Edisto Island off South Carolina Highway 174, near Edisto Island, South Carolina
Coordinates:32.5569°N -80.33°W
Built:c.
Added:May 6, 1971
Refnum:71000755

Middleton's Plantation, also known as Chisolm's Plantation and The Launch, is a historic plantation house located near Edisto Island, Charleston County, South Carolina. It was built about 1830, and is a two-story wooden house, with one-room wings. It sits on a raised arcaded brick basement. It features a small Tuscan order colonnaded porch on the land side facade and a recessed, full width, Tuscan order colonnaded porch on the water side. It was the home of Oliver Hering Middleton, son of Governor Henry Middleton of Middleton Place.[1] [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Norman McCorkle. November 1970. Middleton's Plantation. 2014-06-01. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory.
  2. Web site: Middleton's Plantation, Charleston County (off S.C. Hwy. 174, Edisto Island). National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. 2014-08-01.