Redcliffe Plantation - Beech Island Aiken County South Carolina SC


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Redcliffe Plantation – Beech Island – Aiken County

Redcliffe Plantation - Plantation House - Aiken County, South Carolina SC
Photograph by Larry Gleason

Basic Information
  • Location – 181 Redcliffe Road (1.5 miles northeast of Beech Island on SC Highway 125)

  • Origin of name –

  • Other names –

  • Current status – In 1973 the property was deeded to the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism. It is open to the public.
Timeline
  • 1855 – Earliest known date of existence – James Henry Hammond purchased Dr. Milledge Galpin's residence near Beech Island and named it Redcliffe

  • 1857 – Construction of house began – supervised by Hammond's sons

  • 1859 – House completed

  • 1886 – Hammond's son Harry removed the porches and replaced them with a one-story, 12-foot wide L-shaped porch that extended along the south and east sides of the house. The stairway was placed at the eastern end of the south porch.

  • 1930 – House restored by John Shaw Billings

  • 1973 – Property donated to the state

  • ? – Property added to the National Register

Land
  • Number of acres – 400

  • Primary crop –

Owners
  • Alphabetical list – John Shaw Billings, John Sedgwick Billings, Catherine Elizabeth Fitzsimons Hammond, Harry Hammond, James Henry Hammond

  • Chronological list – Dr. Milledge Galphin (?-1855), James Henry Hammond (1855-1864), Catherine Elizabeth Fitzsimons Hammond (1873-?), Harry Hammond, John Sedgwick Billings, John Shaw Billings (?-1973)
Slaves
Buildings
  • Slave cabins – 4
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Contact Information
  • Telephone: 803-827-1473




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