Tombee Plantation Explained

Tombee Plantation
Location:South of Frogmore on St. Helena's Island, near Frogmore, South Carolina
Coordinates:32.3086°N -80.6236°W
Built:c. -1800, 1862
Added:September 18, 1975
Refnum:75001688

Tombee Plantation is a historic plantation house located on Saint Helena Island near Frogmore, Beaufort County, South Carolina. It was built about 1790–1800, and is two-story, T-shaped frame dwelling. It is sheathed in clapboard and has a gable roof. It features a single-story front portico with four square columns and a two-story balustraded rear porch with six square columns on each floor. Along with Seaside Plantation, it is one of the few surviving antebellum plantation houses remaining on St. Helena Island. The Tombee Plantation property was divided into tracts during the days of the "Port Royal Experiment" in 1862. It remained in the hands of descendants of freed slaves until 1971.[1] [2]

It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tombee Plantation, Beaufort County (St. Helena Island). National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. 25 February 2014.
  2. Web site: Cynthia D. Cole and Mary Ann Eaddy . February 1975. Tombee Plantation. National Register of Historic Places nomination. NRHP. 25 February 2014.