Coffin Point Plantation


Coffin Point Plantation
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Nearest city	Frogmore, South Carolina
Coordinates	32°25′58″N 80°28′32″W / 32.43278°N 80.47556°W / 32.43278; -80.47556Coordinates: 32°25′58″N 80°28′32″W / 32.43278°N 80.47556°W / 32.43278; -80.47556
Area	22 acres (8.9 ha)
Built	1801
Architectural style	Federal
NRHP Reference #	75001687^[1]
Added to NRHP	August 28, 1975

Coffin Point Plantation, is a historic plantation house located in the Frogmore area of Beaufort County, South Carolina, USA, was once a prosperous Sea Island plantation. It is estimated that the home was built around 1801, and like many early 19th century homes in the area, features a tabby foundation. One of the homes more striking features is the one-half mile avenue of oaks that leads to the home. The first resident of the home, Ebenezer Coffin, was born in Boston in 1763, eventually moved to South Carolina and then settled at Coffin Point.

James Donald Cameron, a Republican U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania and former Secretary of War bought the plantation house in the early 1890s.^[2] Henry Adams described his visits to the Camerons at the plantation in his book The Education of Henry Adams.^[3]

The plantation was placed in the National Historic Register on August 28, 1975.

References

↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "Coffin Point Plantation, Beaufort County (Seaside Rd., St. Helena Island)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
↑ Eaddy, Mary Ann. "Coffin Point Plantation" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places nomination. NRHP. Retrieved November 1, 2012.

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