National Register of Historic Places

Seaside Plantation

Beaufort, Beaufort County, South Carolina
Listed
July 15, 1979
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
79002375

About this property

Seaside Plantation, also known as the Edgar Fripp Plantation, is a historic plantation house located on Saint Helena Island near Beaufort, Beaufort County, South Carolina. It was built about 1795 to 1810, and is a two-story, frame dwelling in a transitional Georgian / Federal style. It features one-story hip roofed portico. Seaside was one of the plantations participating in the Port Royal Experiment and had as its labor superintendent Charles Pickard Ware (1840–1921). Charlotte Forten Grimké (1837-1914) also resided at Seaside Plantation. Along with Tombee Plantation, Seaside is one of only a few remaining antebellum plantation houses on St. Helena. Also on the property are the contributing original, brick-lined well, a clapboard shed, a large barn with clapboard siding and tin roof, and a round concrete and oyster shell silo. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

Location

Beaufort, Beaufort County, South Carolina
32.35079, -80.57016

Categories

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Sources

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Nearby Historic Sites

Frogmore Plantation Complex
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0.8 mi
Fripp, Edgar, Mausoleum, St. Helena Island Parish Church
Industrial
1.7 mi
St. Helena Parish Chapel of Ease Ruins
Listed
1.7 mi
Orange Grove Plantation
Listed
2.4 mi
Penn Center Historic District
Civil War
2.7 mi

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When was Seaside Plantation listed on the National Register?

Seaside Plantation was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 15, 1979.

What type of historic resource is Seaside Plantation?

Seaside Plantation is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Seaside Plantation?

The period of significance for Seaside Plantation is recorded as the industrial era.

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