Long Point Plantation – Mount Pleasant – Charleston County

— Long Point Plantation © Darby Nolan —

Basic Information

• Location – Wando River, Mount Pleasant, Christ Church Parish, Charleston County

  West of the end of Wando Park Blvd, about 1.5 miles north of the Long Point Road intersection
  

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – ?

• Current status – Dorothy Kearns Park is on land that was once part of the plantation.
  

— Long Point Plantation Sign © Darby Nolan —

Timeline

• 1719 – Earliest known date of existence when the land was acquired through a Royal Land Grant by James Allen (National Register, p. 3).
  

• 1763 – Shortly before this time, the house was built by James Allen, or by son James Allen, Jr. (National Register, p. 2).
  

• 1800 – Samuel Venning purchased the plantation with the Venning family retaining ownership until 1899 (National Register, p. 2-3).
  

  Samuel Venning also owned Bermuda Plantation
  

• 1821 – Samuel died leaving Long Point to his five children (National Register, p. 3).
  

• 1858 – Samuel's grandson, Robert Dorrill Venning, acquired sole ownership of the plantation (National Register, p. 3).
  

• 1859 – Within a year of acquiring the plantation, Robert sold it to his sister Claudia Sanders (National Register, p. 3).
  

• 1899 – Claudia died (National Register, p. 6).
  

• 1933-1943 – The plantation house was torn down sometime in this ten year span (National Register, p. 2).
  

— Long Point Plantation Smokehouse/Icehouse © Darby Nolan —

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – Livestock and cotton (National Register, p. 2-3).
  

Owners

• Chronological list – James Allen (1719-?); James Allen, Jr.; Samuel Venning (1800-1821); Venning (1821-1858); Robert Dorrill Venning (1858-1859); Claudia Venning Sanders (1859-1899); Main
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• A 1902 survey documented a house and five smaller buildings (National Register, p. 2 ).
  

• The only remaining building is the smokehouse/icehouse.

Web Resources

• National Register of Historic Places
  – Nomination form - PDF - submitted in 1985
  – Photographs, architectural overview
  

Print Resources

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