National Register of Historic Places

Willtown Bluff

Adams Run, Charleston County, South Carolina
Listed
January 8, 1974
Type
Site
Period
Listed
Ref No.
74001830

About this property

Willtown Bluff, also known as Wilton and New London, is a historic settlement site located on the S. Edisto River near Adams Run, Charleston County, South Carolina. Founded about 1704, it was the second planned town to be established after the relocation of Charleston in 1682. Willtown served as a local governmental center (polling place, court of pleas, magistrate court) and regional commercial center. The property includes three early-19th-century buildings: the Parsonage (c. 1836), the Willtown Plantation House (c. 1820), and the remains of a single column of the Episcopal Church (c. 1836). Unexposed remains are of a colonial village thought to have had 80 houses. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

Location

Adams Run, Charleston County, South Carolina
32.68196, -80.42238

Categories

COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENTCOMMERCEHISTORIC - NON-ABORIGINALMILITARYPOLITICS/GOVERNMENT
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Sources

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When was Willtown Bluff listed on the National Register?

Willtown Bluff was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 8, 1974.

What type of historic resource is Willtown Bluff?

Willtown Bluff is classified as a site in the National Register of Historic Places.

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