McLeod Plantation

McLeod Plantation
McLeod Plantation
McLeod Plantation in 1990
Location: 325 Country Club Dr., Charleston, South Carolina
Nearest city: Charleston, South Carolina
Coordinates: 32°45′46″N 79°58′20.5″W / 32.76278°N 79.972361°W / 32.76278; -79.972361Coordinates: 32°45′46″N 79°58′20.5″W / 32.76278°N 79.972361°W / 32.76278; -79.972361
Area: 9.2 acres (3.7 ha)
Built: 1858
Architectural style: Georgian
Governing body: Private
NRHP Reference#: 74001831[1]
Added to NRHP: August 13, 1974

McLeod Plantation is located at 325 Country Club Drive. on James Island, South Carolina, near the intersection of Folly and Maybank Roads. Situated at Wappoo Creek which flows into the Ashley River, historic events have been recorded throughout the period from 1678 when it first appeared on maps under "Morris." General Clinton used the original house as his headquarters while planning the siege of Charleston in the Revolutionary War.

The house standing on the land today was constructed in about 1858 in the Georgian style. In 1926, The front and rear of the house were reversed, and the front facade was altered. Also on the property are six clapboard slave cabins, a detached kitchen, a dairy building, a pre-war gin house for long-staple cotton, a barn, and a carriage house. .[2]

Slave Quarters at McCleod Plantation

The plantation was occupied by Confederate forces during most of the Civil War. After the evacuation of Charleston in early 1865, it was occupied by the 54th and 55th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiments, which were African American soldiers. The home served as a hospital. Later, the home was occupied as offices by the Freedman's Bureau, and at one point, nearly 10,000 newly-freed slaves camped out on the plantation's lands.[3]

The South Carolina Department of Archives and History has additional information and photographs.[4] The plantation was named one of the African American Historic Places in South Carolina.[5]

The home was occupied by the McLeod family until the 1980s (who now reside in Bermuda), and a share was given to the Historic Charleston Foundation who proceeded to consolidate shareholders. It was sold to the American College of the Building Artsin 2004. Unable to support the development of their school and the plantation, ACBA returned it to Historic Charleston in 2008. Historic Charleston Foundation has placed the property under contract again with the College of Charleston.[6]

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  2. ^ NRHP Nomination form
  3. ^ Friends of McLeod, Inc., history of the plantation
  4. ^ SCDAH's information on the McLeod Plantation
  5. ^ African American Historic Places in South Carolina
  6. ^ History of the American College for Building Arts

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