National Register of Historic Places

Sams Plantation Complex Tabby Ruins

Frogmore, Beaufort County, South Carolina
Listed
March 4, 2011
Type
Site
Period
Listed
Ref No.
88001820

About this property

Sams Plantation Complex Tabby Ruins is a historic plantation complex and archaeological site located at Frogmore, Beaufort County, South Carolina. The site, possibly built upon and occupied well before 1783. It includes the ruins and/or archaeological remains of at least 12 tabby structures. They include the main plantation house, a rectangular enclosure consisting of tabby walls, a large tabby kitchen, and five tabby slave quarters. Also on the property were a variety of tabby dependencies including a barn/stable, a smokehouse or blade house, a well/dairy house, and a well. The property also includes the Sams family cemetery and Episcopal chapel enclosed by high tabby walls. Other structures include possibly an overseer's house, a granary/mill, and a tabby cotton house. During and subsequent to the American Civil War, the Sams Tabby Complex was occupied by freedmen. Following the Civil War, the plantation house was destroyed by hurricanes. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.

Location

Frogmore, Beaufort County, South Carolina
32.43239, -80.58340

Categories

HISTORIC - NON-ABORIGINALARCHITECTURE
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Sources

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Sams Plantation Complex Tabby Ruins was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 4, 2011.

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