The plantations and historic homes of South Carolina, one of the richest states for plantations, draw millions of visitors each year. In this stunning memento and coffee-table book, thirty-four of the state's most famous homes are covered in loving detail and full-color photos - including each home's exteriors and grounds, gardens and interiors, profiles of their famous families, and more. In addition, sites with slave quarters are highlighted for their historical importance. This book makes the perfect collectible souvenir for anyone who has traveled to South Carolina and toured these beautiful homes.
Plantations and Historic Homes of South Carolina takes the reader on the tours and talks to the guides to dig even further if there is more to discover. If only the walls could talk, the stories we might hear!
This collection of photographs represents some of the most stunning work present in the Historic American Buildings Survey, an effort to catalogue and document the architecture and building culture of America.
(0-48623922-5) VICTORIAN HOUSES: A Treasury of Lesser-Known Examples, Edmund Gillon and Clay Lancaster. (0-486-22966-1) PHILADELPHIA THEATERS: A Pictorial Architectural History, Irvin R. Glazer. (0-486-27833-6) 117 HOUSE DESIGNS OF THE ...
Architecture has been defined as "the gift of one generation to the next." In the South Carolina Low Country the gift is a particularly precious one-a rich treasure of buildings...
The writers of this travel guide seek to introduce the reader to the pleasures of exploring historic America - in particular, the preserved and restored plantations and museum villages of the Southern landscape.
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In the years following the massacre , new groups of colonists came to Berkeley , and ownership of the plantation changed hands several times until the Harrison family bought the property in 1691. Benjamin Harrison III , who was the ...
Methodically examined are restoration efforts that preserve not only homes and other structures, but also the stories of those living in or occupying those homes.
Today, a few overgrown stone structures and foundations are all that is left of our first president's beloved plantation. Bush. Hill. Bush Hill, near the independent city of Alexandria, Virginia, had Bush Hill.
The author, Sara Furman, praised the Shonnards' efforts. “Harrietta,” she observed, “stands to-day as a perfect and beautiful example of the domestic architecture and decoration of the late eighteenth century.