Houses and Gardens

Many homes and gardens that have existed since colonial times in South Carolina. Many of these homes have been restored, reconstructed or maintained for visitors to view today.

Brochure by the Southern Railway | History of SC Slide Collection

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Brochure by the Southern Railway | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 6

A brochure put out by the Southern Railway describes "Camden, SC 1908, A Winter Tourist Resort on the Southern Railway." Photos inside the brochure lure tourists with a description of the beauties of...

The Gardens At Court Inn | History of SC Slide Collection

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The Gardens At Court Inn | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 5

Camden was famous for its elaborate formal gardens. This photograph of the gardens at Court Inn, around the turn of the century, shows benches placed under an ivy-covered shelter. Courtesy of the...

Middleton Place Gardens Along The Ashley River | History of SC Slide Collection

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Middleton Place Gardens Along The Ashley River | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 4

Middleton Place gardens along the Ashley River. This photograph around the 1920s shows the grounds at Middleton Place before they were redesigned and replanted. (See Middleton Place) Courtesy of the...

Original Middleton Place Mansion | History of SC Slide Collection

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Original Middleton Place Mansion | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 3

The original Middleton Place mansion was destroyed after the Civil War, but the elaborate gardens with their centerpiece "butterfly lakes" designed by John Middleton have survived. (See Middleton...

Gardens of the Hampton-Preston Mansion | History of SC Slide Collection

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Gardens of the Hampton-Preston Mansion | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 2

The gardens of the Hampton-Preston Mansion in Columbia, sketched here by the artists for "Harper's Weekly," April 15, 1865, when the mansion briefly served as Sherman's headquarters. The maze was...

Double Avenue Of Oaks At Heyward Plantation | History of SC Slide Collection

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Double Avenue Of Oaks At Heyward Plantation | History of SC Slide Collection

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South Carolina became famous for the beauty of the avenues of live oak trees leading up to the mansion house. One of the most noted was the double avenue of oaks at Heyward Plantation, in Bluffton...

Four-square Bungalow Type House | History of SC Slide Collection

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Four-square Bungalow Type House | History of SC Slide Collection

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This four-square bungalow type house, built in the suburbs of Columbia as it began to expand beyond its boundaries into the surrounding countryside in the early 20th century, is probably one of...

Mill Housing | History of SC Slide Collection

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Mill Housing | History of SC Slide Collection

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Mill housing in South Carolina exhibited a variety of styles, but the most widely used was a copy of the salt-box construction of New England mill villages, where the steeply pitched roof helped keep...

Houses Constructed by the Winnsboro Mill | History of SC Slide Collection

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Houses Constructed by the Winnsboro Mill | History of SC Slide Collection

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These houses were constructed by the Winnsboro Mill, now a part of the Uniroyal facility in Fairfield County, around 1929. The mill owners provided housing as a way to attract workers or operatives to...

Greek Revival Style House In Camden | History of SC Slide Collection

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Greek Revival Style House In Camden | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 4

This house, originally built in the Greek Revival style in Camden, perhaps as early as 1850 judging from the cornices, was later heavily ornamented with Queen Anne cutwork and balustrades on the porch...

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