Prospect Hill (Charleston County, South Carolina)

Prospect Hill

South (front) facade, October 1978
Location 2695 Laurel Hill Road, Edisto Island, SC 29438
Coordinates 32°34′54″N 80°23′04″W / 32.58167°N 80.38444°W / 32.58167; -80.38444Coordinates: 32°34′54″N 80°23′04″W / 32.58167°N 80.38444°W / 32.58167; -80.38444
Built c. 1792
Architectural style Greek Revival
NRHP Reference # 86003196[1]
Added to NRHP Nov. 28, 1986

Prospect Hill is a plantation house in Edisto Island, South Carolina.[2]

The house is significant for its architecture and ties to the production of sea island cotton. Constructed about 1800 for Ephraim Baynard, it sits on a bluff overlooking the South Edisto River. In 1860, William Grimball Baynard owned Prospect Hill. Baynard was an elder in Edisto Island Presbyterian Church, Justice of the Peace, Justice of the Quorum, and owner of 220 slaves. When he died in 1861, his son William G. Baynard acquired the house.

Prospect Hill is a two-story Federal house.[3]

In 1999, Prospect Hill was bought by the Nature Conservancy of South Carolina for $5.75 million with plans to conserve the 1200 acres along the South Edisto River. The prior owner was a real estate development company which had intended to develop the property.[4] The house was then resold to private homeowners who restored the house.[5]

The house was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on 28 November 1986.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Prospect Hill" (pdf). South Carolina Inventory Form for Historic Districts and Individual Properties in a Multiple Property Submission. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  3. ↑ "Prospect Hill, Charleston County (off Laurel Hill Rd., Edisto Island)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved Dec 3, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Conservancy Buys Edisto Plantation". Spartanburg Herald-Journal. May 7, 1999. p. A13. Retrieved Dec 4, 2012.
  5. ↑ Robert Behre (June 30, 2003). "Prospect Hill restoriation clings to historic accuracy". Charleston Post & Courier. p. B1.


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