Old Town Plantation – West Ashley – Charleston County

Basic Information

• Location – Ashley River, West Ashley, Charleston County

  Located off SC 171 at 1500 Old Towne Road
  

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – Horry-Lucas House

• Current status – Charles Towne Landing State Historic Site
  

Timeline

• 1670 – Home of the first permanent settlement in South Carolina
  

• ? – House built

• 1680 – Land was abandoned by the settlers. It was then granted to James LeSade. The LeSades family would also come to own nearby Westpenny Plantation (4).
  

• ? – Peter LeSade gave 250 acres from Old Town Plantation and the 200 acres of Westpenny Plantation to his daughter Anne LeSade Girardeau (4).
  

• 1940s to 1960 – Ferdinanda (Ferdie) Legare Waring operated a business called Old Town Gardens, growing flowers for commercial florists and marketing eggs.
  

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – ?

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Barbot (?); Beresford (?); Bradford (?); Cartwright (?); Anne LeSade Girardeau (?); Horry (?); Legare (?); James LeSade (1680); Lucas (?); Parker (?); Mrs. Joseph I. Waring (?)
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• ?

References & Resources

1. National Register of Historic Places
   – Nomination form - PDF - submitted in 1970
   – Photographs, architectural overview
   

2. 30-15 Plantation File, held by the South Carolina Historical Society
   

3. Rosina Sottile Kennerty, Plantations on the South Side of Ashley River (Charleston, SC: The Nelson Printing Corporation, 1983)
    Order Plantations on the South Side of Ashley River

4. Robert P. Stockton, Plantation's History Began with Land Grant in 1697 (Charleston, SC: Charleston Post & Courier)
   

Contact Information

• Charles Towne Landing State Historic Site
  1500 Old Towne Road
  Charleston, SC 29407
  

  Telephone: 843-852-4200
  Website: Click here