Basic Information
- Location – North Edisto River, Edisto Island, St. John's Colleton Parish, Charleston County
Located off Clark Road on Cassina Point Road
- Origin of name – The plantation was named for the cassina bush which is plentiful on Edisto Island and from which a tea was made (National Register, p. 2).
- Other names – Hopkinson House
- Current status – Privately owned
Timeline
- 1835 – Earliest known date of existence
- 1847-48 – House built by James and Carolina Seabrook Lafayette Hopkinson (National Register, p. 2).
- ? – Cassina Point's land and house were occupied during the Civil War. One of the units taking up residence was the Third New Hampshire Regiment National Register, p. 2).
Land
- Number of acres – 4 in 1986 (National Register, p. 2)
- Primary crop – Sea island cotton (National Register, p. 2)
Owners
- Chronological list – James and Carolina Seabrook Lafayette Hopkinson; Mr. and Mrs. J. Murray LaRoche; Pierce H. and Joy T. Thompson
Slaves
- Number of slaves – ?
Buildings
- Two and one-half-story house
Web Resources
- National Register of Historic Places
– Nomination form - PDF - submitted in 1986
– Photographs, architectural overview
Print Resources
- 30-15 Plantation File, held by the South Carolina Historical Society
- Claude Henry Neuffer, editor, Names in South Carolina, Volume I through 30 (Columbia, SC: The State Printing Company)
Order Names in South Carolina, Volumes I-XII, 1954-1965
Order Names in South Carolina, Index XIII-XVIII
- Catherine Campart Messmer, South Carolina's Low Country - A Past Preserved Text (Orangeburg, SC: Sandlapper Publishing, 1988)
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.
