Yeamans Hall Plantation - Hanahan Berkeley County South Carolina SC

Yeamans Hall Plantation – Hanahan – Berkeley County

Basic Information

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

    900 Yeamans Hall Road

  • Origin of name – Named for early owner

  • Other names – Old Goose Creek, Westockan

  • Current status – Private golf course

Timeline

  • 1674 – Earliest known date of existence when Lady Margaret Yeamans, widow of Sir John Yeamans, received a 1,000 acre grant from the Lords Proprietors (Yeamans Hall Club, p. 1).

  • 1674 – House built

  • 1695 – New house built by Landgrave Thomas Smith II

  • ? – Yeamans Hall was purchased by Charleston Consortium, which was headed by R. Goodwyn Rhett.

  • 1915 – Architects were hired to build a golf course on the plantation as the owners of Yeamans Hall wanted to turn it into a winter resort development (Yeamans Hall Club, p. 1).

  • February 1926 – The golf course, Yeamans Hall Club, opened (Yeamans Hall Club, p. 1).

  • 1920s – Another golf course and several buildings, include a club house and private cottages, were constructing (Yeamans Hall Club, p. 3).

  • 1932 – Eliza F. Smith, widow of George Henry Smith, renovated the mansion and called it Yeamans Hall.

Land

  • Number of acres – 1,000 in 1674, 900 in 1996 (Yeamans Hall Club)

  • Primary crop – Rice

Owners

  • Alphabetical list – James Moore, George Henry and Eliza F. Smith, Henry Smith, Landgrave Thomas Smith I, Landgrave Thomas Smith II, Thomas Henry Smith, Lady Margaret Yeamans

Slaves

  • Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

Web Resources

  • Yeamans Hall Club - Something Unique: PDF

Print Resources





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