Redcliffe Plantation State Historic Site


Redcliffe
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


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Location	1.5 miles northeast of Beech Island on South Carolina Highway 125, Beech Island, South Carolina
Coordinates	33°24′58″N 81°52′56″W / 33.41611°N 81.88222°W / 33.41611; -81.88222
Area	350 acres (140 ha)
Built	1857
Architect	Berckmans, Louis
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	73001671^[1]
Added to NRHP	May 08, 1973

Redcliffe Plantation State Historic Site is a state park in South Carolina, United States. Redcliffe Plantation, also known as Redcliffe, completed in 1859, is a Greek Revival plantation house located on the site that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.^[2]^[3] The house was designed by the baron Louis Berckmans and was built in 1857. It was built for James Henry Hammond and was home to three generations of his descendants. His great-grandson John Shaw Billings, editor of Time, Life, and Fortune magazines, donated the estate and collections to the people of South Carolina in 1973. The same year it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Stirling, William (c. 1973). "Redcliffe" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
^ "Redcliffe, Aiken County (S.C. Hwy. 125, Beech Island)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 4 June 2012.

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Midlands	Aiken Andrew Jackson Baker Creek Barnwell Calhoun Falls Cheraw Chester Dreher Island Goodale H. Cooper Black Jr. Hamilton Branch Hickory Knob Lake Greenwood Lake Wateree Landsford Canal Lee Poinsett Redcliffe Plantation Rivers Bridge Santee Sesquicentennial
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State Historic Sites	Charles Towne Landing Colonial Dorchester Hampton Plantation Musgrove Mill Oconee Station Redcliffe Plantation Rivers Bridge Rose Hill Plantation
State Forests	Harbison Manchester Poe Creek Sand Hills Wee Tee
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Seabird Sanctuaries	Bay Point Shoal Bird Key - Stono Crab Bank Deveaux Bank Joiner Bank North Santee Bar

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