Otranto_Plantation

Otranto Plantation

Otranto Plantation

Historic house in South Carolina, United States

Otranto Plantation is a historic plantation house located in Hanahan, Berkeley County, South Carolina. It was built before 1778, and is a 1 1/2-half story, rectangular gable-roofed stuccoed brick dwelling. It has an attached colonnaded piazza, or porch, on three sides. Also on the property is a contributing small frame servants’ house.[2][3]

This advertisement from 1801 includes several details about the plantation.
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In 1934, the house was destroyed by a fire. The house was meticulously restored based upon photographs before the fire.

It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. [2]
    "Otranto Plantation, Berkeley County (18 Basilica Ave., Hanahan vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  3. [3]
    Elias B. Bull; Robert P. Stockton & Cathy Caffrey (August 1977). "Otranto Plantation" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places nomination. NRHP. Retrieved 25 February 2014.


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