— Brick House Plantation Prior to 1929 Fire © Contributed by Courtney Druelle —

Basic Information

• Location – Russell Creek, Edisto Island, St. John's Colleton Parish, Charleston County

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – Paul Hamilton House

• Current status – Privately owned

— Brick House Plantation Living Room © Contributed by Courtney Druelle —

Timeline

• ? – Earliest known date of existence

• 1725 – House built by Paul Hamilton

• 1929 – House burned

— Brick House Plantation Bedroom © Contributed by Courtney Druelle —

Land

• Number of acres – 325 in 1865

• Primary crop – Sea island cotton

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Adam, Barnett, Bowen, Branford, Paul Grimball, John Hamilton, Hext, Colonel Joseph Evans Jenkins, Loughton, Maxwell, McLeod, Neal, Wilkins
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

— Brick House Plantation Side Elevation © Contributed by Courtney Druelle —

Buildings

• Ruins of the house remain standing.
  

Web Resources

• Picture of ruins
  

• National Register of Historic Places
  – Nomination form - PDF - submitted in 1984
  – Photographs, architectural overview
  

• Library of Congress documents
  

Print Resources

• 30-15 Plantation File, held by the South Carolina Historical Society
  

• Samuel Gaillard Stoney, Plantations of the Carolina Low Country (Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, 1990)
  
  

More about Charleston

• Learn more about historic Charleston County including the port city of Charleston. We have helpful guides to Charleston history and Charleston libraries and museums – plus Charleston restaurants, Charleston bed & breakfasts, Charleston hotels, Charleston real estate, and Charleston jobs.
  

— Rear of Brick House Plantation © Contributed by Courtney Druelle —