Oaks Plantation - Goose Creek Berkeley County South Carolina SC


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Oaks Plantation – Goose Creek – Berkeley County

Basic Information
  • Location – Goose Creek (a branch of the Cooper River), Goose Creek, St James Goose Creek Parish, Berkeley County

    Located off Redbank Road on Middleton Drive

  • Origin of name –

  • Other names –

  • Current status – The Oaks Plantation Golf and Country Club

Timeline
  • 1680 – Earliest known date of existence

    Land grant to Edward Middleton and his wife Sarah.

  • 1840 – House built. It was destroyed by fire.

  • 1892 – The present house was built. It was designed by Ernest Flagg.

  • 1930 – Mrs. Parsons sold the Oaks. The elaborate Georgian woodwork was stripped and six two-story Corinthian columns were removed.

Land
  • Number of acres – 1,630

  • Primary crop –

  • The avenue of the oak trees leading to the house that was planted by Edward Middleton in 1700s has suffered because of their age, and lots were sold under the trees in 1950.

Owners
  • Alphabetical list – Izard, Jones, Middleton, Harold L, Mims, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Parsons, Sabin, Whitehead.

  • The property was owned by several families from 1802 until 1956. At that time, it was purchased by Charleston business men, Nathaniel W. Cabell, Timothy Street, Louis H. McClain and William M. Schram who formed the Oaks Company, Inc. In 1959 it was sold to the North Charleston Country Club.

Slaves
  • Number of slaves –

Buildings
Web Resources
Print Resources
  • Initial references: 1, 6, 19

  • The Post and Courier, 'The Oaks' was a stately mansion, February 21, 2004

  • Newspaper Article, New Life Planned for Old Plantation, no paper or date listed

  • Heitzler, Michael J. Goose Creek A Definitive History Volume One Planters, Politicians and Patriots. Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2005.

Contact Information
  • Telephone: 843-553-4141




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