McLeod Plantation
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| McLeod Plantation | |
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| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
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| Nearest city: | Charleston, South Carolina |
| Coordinates: | Coordinates: |
| Architectural style(s): | Georgian |
| Designated as NHL: | August 13, 1974 |
| NRHP Reference#: | 74001831 |
The McLeod plantation house is located at 325 Country Club Drive. on James Island, South Carolina, near the intersection of Folly and Maybank Roads.
The house standing on the land today was constructed in about 1858 in the Georgian style. In 1926, The front and rear of the house were reversed, and the front facade was altered. Also on the property are six clapboard slave cabins and a detached kitchen.[1]
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The plantation was occupied by Confederate forces during most of the Civil War. After the evacuation of Charleston in early 1865, it was occupied by the 54th and 55th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiments, which were African American soldiers. The home served has a hospital. Later, the home was occupied as offices by the Freedman's Bureau, and at one point, nearly 10,000 newly-freed slaves camped out on the plantation's lands.[2]
The South Carolina Department of Archives and History has additional information and photographs.[3] The plantation was named one of the African American Historic Places in South Carolina.[4]
The home was occupied by the McLeod family until the 1980's, and is now owned by the American College of the Building Arts.[5]
