Sams Plantation Complex Tabby Ruins
Archaeological site in South Carolina, United States
United States historic place
Sams Plantation Complex Tabby Ruins | |
 Sams Plantation Complex Tabby Ruins, June 2012 | |
32°25′51″N 80°35′40″W / 32.43083°N 80.59444°W / 32.43083; -80.59444 | |
| Area | 10 acres (4.0 ha) |
|---|---|
| Built | c. 1783 (1783) |
| MPS | Historic Resources of St. Helena Island c. 1740-c. 1935 MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 88001820[1][2] |
| Added to NRHP | March 4, 2011 |
Sams Plantation Complex Tabby Ruins is a historic plantation complex and archaeological site located at Frogmore, Beaufort County, South Carolina. The site, possibly built upon and occupied well before 1783. It includes the ruins and/or archaeological remains of at least 12 tabby structures. They include the main plantation house, a rectangular enclosure consisting of tabby walls, a large tabby kitchen, and five tabby slave quarters. Also on the property were a variety of tabby dependencies including a barn/stable, a smoke house or blade house, a well/dairy house, and a well. The property also includes the Sams family cemetery and Episcopal chapel enclosed by high tabby walls. Other structures include possibly an overseer's house, a granary/mill, and a tabby cotton house. During and subsequent to the American Civil War the Sams Tabby Complex was occupied by freedman. Following the Civil War the plantation house was destroyed by hurricanes.[3][4]
It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 2/28/11 through 3/04/11. National Park Service. March 11, 2011.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 9/19/11 through 9/23/11. National Park Service. September 30, 2011.
- ^ "Sams Plantation Complex Tabby Ruins, Beaufort County (Frogmore vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
- ^ Patricia Cridlebaugh (February 1988). "Sams Plantation Complex Tabby Ruins" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places nomination. NRHP. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
External links
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. SC-622, "Sams Tabby Complex (Ruins), Mink's Point, at the south end of Datha Island, Beaufort, Beaufort County, SC", 20 photos, 2 color transparencies, 3 data pages, 2 photo caption pages, supplemental material
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