Frogmore (Edisto Island, South Carolina)

Frogmore
Location 8341 Pine Landing Road, Edisto Island, SC 29438
Coordinates 32°35′16″N 80°21′21″W / 32.58778°N 80.35583°W / 32.58778; -80.35583Coordinates: 32°35′16″N 80°21′21″W / 32.58778°N 80.35583°W / 32.58778; -80.35583
Area 43.95 acres (17.79 ha)
Built 1820
Architectural style Greek Revival
NRHP Reference # 86003203[1]
Added to NRHP May 5, 1987

Frogmore is a plantation house on Edisto Island, South Carolina, built by Dr. Edward Mitchell of Waccamaw, about 1820 when he married Elizabeth Baynard of Edisto Island.[2][3]

Frogmore is a distinctive antebellum sea island cotton plantation. In 1840 Dr. Mitchell operated a large plantation with more than 100 slaves. The house is a rectangular, two-story, hip-roofed residence.

During the Federal occupation of Edisto Island beginning in 1862, Colonel Moore of the 55th Pennsylvania Infantry used Frogmore as his headquarters.[4]

Frogmore was listed in the National Register May 5, 1987.[5]

References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Harriette Kershaw Leiding (1921). Historic Houses of South Carolina. J.B. Lippincott Company. p. 227.
  3. ↑ "Frogmore" (pdf). South Carolina Inventory Form for Historic Districts and Individual Properties in a Multiple Property Submission. October 7, 1986. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  4. ↑ FreePages: 55th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers
  5. ↑ "Frogmore, Charleston County". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved Nov 22, 2012.


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