Harrietta Plantation facts for kids
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Harrietta Plantation
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North elevation of Harrietta Plantation in 1940
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 Location in South Carolina
Location in the United States
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| Location | McClellanville, South Carolina |
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| Nearest city | McClellanville, South Carolina |
| Built | ca. 1807 |
| Architectural style | Georgian |
| NRHP reference No. | 75001695 |
| Added to NRHP | September 18, 1975 |
Harrieta Plantation is a historic estate. It is located about 5 miles (8 km) east of McClellanville, South Carolina. This plantation is in Charleston County, South Carolina. It is next to the Wedge Plantation and south of Fairfield Plantation. The main house was built around 1807. You can find it off US Highway 17 near the Santee River. Harrieta Plantation was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 18, 1975.
History of Harrieta Plantation
The house at Harrieta Plantation was started by Mrs. Harriot Horry. She was from the Hampton Plantation. Mrs. Horry built the house for her daughter, also named Harriott, and her husband, Frederick Rutledge.
Mrs. Horry's son, Charles, married Elenore. When Charles and Elenore decided to live elsewhere, Frederick and Harriott Rutledge moved to Hampton Plantation. Because of this, work on the Harrieta Plantation House stopped for a while.
In 1858, Stephen D. Doar bought the house. He finished the upper floors and was the first person to live there. The Doar family owned the house until 1929. Rice was grown on the plantation until 1903. When the house was sold in 1929, some rooms still did not have plaster on the walls.
In 1929, Mr. Doar sold the plantation to Mr. Horatio Shonnard from New York. Mr. Shonnard worked to restore the house and its gardens. In March 1947, Mrs. Horatio Shonnard sold the plantation. It had 17 rooms and 1500 acres of land. Mrs. John P. Abney bought it for $115,000. She was the widow of a man who started cotton mills in South Carolina.
Today, Harrieta Holdings, LLC owns the house. This is a company from New Jersey.
Architecture of the Main House
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The original house was built around 1807. It is a Georgian style house. It has clapboard siding and sits on a raised basement.
The first floor had two main rooms. There was a hallway at the back. Each of the two rooms had its own front door leading to the porch. These doors were very close together. So, a fake door was built between them. This made the front of the house look balanced and beautiful. Both of these rooms have fireplaces. The fireplace mantels are carved in the Federal style. The door frames and moldings also show the Federal style.
The south side of the house has a large porch called a portico. Four Doric columns hold up this porch. The triangular part above the columns is called a pediment. It has a half-circle window. This pediment is decorated with dentate molding, which looks like small blocks.
On the south side, there are single windows with nine panes of glass on the top and nine on the bottom. These are on either side of the doors. Each side wing of the house has four of these windows, spaced evenly. On the second floor, there are pairs of windows with six panes of glass on the top and six on the bottom. These are to the left and right of the porch gable.
The single-story wings were added in the 1930s. The east wing has two rooms with a fireplace. The west wing has three rooms, and two of them have fireplaces. The mantels and woodwork in these wings are in the Greek Revival style. A hallway runs along the north side of each wing.
Gardens and Grounds
There is a formal garden on the south side of the house. It stretches all the way to Collins Creek. To the east, you can see old rice fields. To the north, there is a lake with cypress trees. This lake was also once a rice field.
To the west is the entrance to the plantation. This was once the old slave avenue. You can also find the remains of a rice threshing mill there. There is also one old slave cabin still standing.
