Mulberry Plantation (Moncks Corner, South Carolina)

Mulberry Plantation is a historic plantation property in rural Berkeley County, South Carolina, located between Moncks Corner and Charleston. It was developed in 1714 by Thomas Broughton, who later became the Royal governor of South Carolina, and is one of the oldest plantation homes in the United States. The plantation house and ten surrounding acres were declared a National Historic Landmark in 1963. The property is set on the southern shore of the Cooper River, between it and Old United States Route 52. The main house is a two-story brick building with a gambrel roof, engaged single-story square pavilions at each corner topped by pyramidal roofs, and a gabled portico at the main entrance. The plantation was probably established around 1714, though it may not have been founded until 1725, and was built in what was then a frontier area on the site of a fortification for defense against Native American attack. It was used as a defensive site during the Yamasee War (1715–17). The plantation house is a rare little-altered example of high-style early Georgian architecture in the nation. Its rice fields, dikes and canals were well-preserved into the 20th century. Over the centuries the property changed hands several times. Lawrence A. Walker of Summerville, South Carolina, bought the property in 1946 from Clarence E. Chapman of New York. G. Everett Hoyt of Fairfield, Connecticut paid $175,000 for the house, including 1,027 acres, along with personal property in 1953. A later owner, Charles A. Atkins, was indicted in federal court over bogus tax schemes and transferred the house to his wife; Atkins had acquired the house from Fannie H. Brawley and William J. Iselin for $2,300,565. The Historic Foundation of Charleston bought the 800-acre plantation in August 1987 to prevent its possible development, paying $2,800,000, and resold the property for $2,550,000 in August 1988 to S. Parker Gilbert, a New York City investment banker, and his wife. The Foundation expanded its pre-existing easements on the property to prevent any subdivisions, protect a two-mile entry road, and preserve the interior of the house.

Mulberry Plantation is a historic plantation property in rural Berkeley County, South Carolina, located between Moncks Corner and Charleston. It was developed in 1714 by Thomas Broughton, who became the Royal governor of South Carolina, and is one of the oldest plantation homes in the United States. The plantation was probably established around 1714, but may not have been founded until 1725, and was built in what was at the time a frontier area on the site of a fortification for defense against Native American attack. This plantation was used as a defensive site during the Yamasee War (1715–17). The plantation house is a rare little-altered example of high-style early Georgian architecture in the nation. Its rice fields, dikes and canals were well-preserved into the 20th century. The plantation house and ten surrounding acres were declared a National Historic Landmark in 1963. In 1946, Lawrence A. Walker of Summerville, South Carolina, bought the property from Clarence E. Chapman of New York. In 1953, G. Everett Hoyt of Fairfield, Connecticut paid $175,000 for the house, including 1,027 acres, along with personal property. A later owner, Charles A. Atkins, was indicted in federal court over bogus tax schemes, and he transferred the house to his wife. Atkins had himself acquired the house from Fannie H. Brawley and William J. Iselin for $2,300,565. The Historic Foundation of Charleston bought the 800-acre plantation in August 1987 to prevent its possible development. The Foundation paid $2,800,000, and resold the property for $2,550,000 in August 1988 to S. Parker Gilbert, a New York City investment banker, and his wife. The Foundation expanded its pre-existing easements on the property to prevent any subdivisions of the property, protect a two-mile entry road, and preserve the interior of the house.

• 1988

  The Foundation resold the property for $2,550,000 in August to S. Parker Gilbert, a New York City investment banker, and his wife.

• 1987

  The Historic Foundation of Charleston bought the 800-acre plantation in August to prevent its possible development, paying $2,800,000.

• 1963

  The plantation house and ten surrounding acres were declared a National Historic Landmark.

• 1953

  G. Everett Hoyt of Fairfield, Connecticut paid $175,000 for the house, including 1,027 acres, along with personal property.

• 1946

  Lawrence A. Walker of Summerville, South Carolina, bought the property from Clarence E. Chapman of New York.

• 1715

  Used as a defensive site during the Yamasee War (1715–17).

• 1714

  Plantation developed by Thomas Broughton.

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