Sams Plantation Complex Tabby Ruins


Sams Plantation Complex Tabby Ruins
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Sams Plantation Complex Tabby Ruins, June 2012
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Location	Southern end of Dataw (Datha) Island near the intersection of Dataw Dr. and Dataw Club Rd., at Mink's Point near Jenkins Creek, near Frogmore, South Carolina
Coordinates	32°25′51″N 80°35′40″W / 32.43083°N 80.59444°W / 32.43083; -80.59444Coordinates: 32°25′51″N 80°35′40″W / 32.43083°N 80.59444°W / 32.43083; -80.59444
Area	10 acres (4.0 ha)
Built	c. 1783 (1783)
MPS	Historic Resources of St. Helena Island c. 1740-c. 1935 MPS
NRHP Reference #	88001820^[1]^[2]
Added to NRHP	March 4, 2011

Sams Plantation Complex Tabby Ruins is a historic plantation complex and archaeological site located at Frogmore, Beaufort County, South Carolina. The site, possibly built upon and occupied well before 1783. It includes the ruins and/or archaeological remains of at least 12 tabby structures. They include the main plantation house, a rectangular enclosure consisting of tabby walls, a large tabby kitchen, and five tabby slave quarters. Also on the property were a variety of tabby dependencies including a barn/stable, a smoke house or blade house, a well/dairy house, and a well. The property also includes the Sams family cemetery and Episcopal chapel enclosed by high tabby walls. Other structures include possibly an overseer’s house, a granary/mill, and a tabby cotton house. During and subsequent to the American Civil War the Sams Tabby Complex was occupied by freedman. Following the Civil War the plantation house was destroyed by hurricanes.^[3]^[4]

It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.^[1]

References

1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 2/28/11 through 3/04/11. National Park Service. 2011-03-11.
↑ "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 9/19/11 through 9/23/11. National Park Service. 2011-09-30.
↑ "Sams Plantation Complex Tabby Ruins, Beaufort County (Frogmore vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
↑ Patricia Cridlebaugh (February 1988). "Sams Plantation Complex Tabby Ruins" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places nomination. NRHP. Retrieved 25 February 2014.

External links

Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. SC-622, "Sams Tabby Complex (Ruins), Mink's Point, at the south end of Datha Island, Beaufort, Beaufort County, SC", 20 photos, 2 color transparencies, 3 data pages, 2 photo caption pages, supplemental material

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