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Cellar Beneath Assembly Hall | Historic Brattonsville

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Cellar Beneath Assembly Hall | Historic Brattonsville
Episode 24
Below the Assembly Hall is the cellar, which acted as a central storage and work area, and was used for food preparation. A dumb waiter was used to bring items from the cellar to the dining room.
Assembly/Dining Hall | Historic Brattonsville

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Assembly/Dining Hall | Historic Brattonsville
Episode 22
The exterior of the Assembly/Dining Hall. It was used for formal dinners, parties, recitals, and dances. This addition to the house stood as a sign of their wealth and status in the community.
Brick House & Remains of Store | Historic Brattonsville

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Brick House & Remains of Store | Historic Brattonsville
Episode 30
To the right of the historical marker is the Brick House, the last of the original Bratton Plantation buildings, constructed between 1843 and 1845. To the right of that are the remnants of the Bratton...
Homestead House | Historic Brattonsville

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Homestead House | Historic Brattonsville
Episode 20
The Homestead House was built between 1823 and 1826. This is where Dr. John Bratton and his family resided. He was a physician, as well as a farmer, and his success in agriculture, growing grains and...
Mepkin Abbey | Eye on the Past Melrose Plantation | Eye on the Past

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Melrose Plantation | Eye on the Past
Melrose Plantation, home of Matthew Singleton in the High Hills of Sumter, or Santee, near Poinsett Park, in Sumter, S.C.
Georgetown County - Joseph H. Rainey House

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Georgetown County - Joseph H. Rainey House
Joseph H. Rainey served in the South Carolina Senate (1868-1870), and in 1870, he became the first African American to serve in the United States House of Representatives. He was elected to four...
Georgetown County - Fannie Carolina House

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Georgetown County - Fannie Carolina House
This residence, located in the Georgetown Historic District, was the home of Mrs. Fannie Carolina, Jonathan A. Baxter House founder and owner of the Fan-O-Lin Beauty School. The Beauty School was one...
Joye Cottage | ETV Shorts

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Joye Cottage | ETV Shorts
Originally built as a farmhouse in the 1800s, Joye Cottage is now a sixty room mansion located in beautiful Aiken, South Carolina. Personally owned by Steven Naifeh and Gregory Smith, both Pulitzer...
Lookaway Inn | ETV Shorts

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Lookaway Inn | ETV Shorts
Lookaway Inn was built by James U. Jackson, the founder of North Augusta, for his brother Walter. The beautiful home is known as a landmark, as it sits prominently on a hill overlooking the city.