Cotton Field at Boone Hall Plantation
by Catherine Sherman
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Cotton Field at Boone Hall Plantation
Artist
Catherine Sherman
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Photograph - Photography
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"Cotton Field at Boone Hall Plantation, South Carolina" by Catherine Sherman.
Cotton is ready to harvest at Boone Hall Plantation in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.
Boone Hall Plantation is one of America's oldest still working plantations, continually growing crops for over 320 years. It's on the National Register of Historic Places.
The earliest known reference to the site is 1681. The land grant of 470 acres (1.9 km2) was given by Theophilus Patey as a wedding present to his daughter, Elizabeth, and Major John Boone. The original wooden house was constructed in 1790. The house that stands now was built by Thomas Stone, a Canadian who purchased the land in the early 20th century. He wanted a "grander style" home, so he built the Colonial Revival-style house that stands there today. The bricks in the house were taken from the brickyard on the plantation, run by the Horlbeck family that owned the property for many years.
The house and grounds have appeared in NBC's television soap opera Days of Our Lives, ABC's mini-series North and South (as Mont Royal) and the movies Queen and The Notebook. The house, gardens, and other places of interest are open to the public for tours all year round. It's known for its avenue of live oaks that line the long driveway.
There are several slave cabins on the site that display African American history exhibits. The plantation was named one of the African American Historic Places in South Carolina.
Featured in "Seen But Not Noticed" group (02/17/2016); "Nature Landmarks Landscapes Wildlife - ONE A DAY" group (02/19/2016); "All Art Welcome" group (09/02/2016)
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February 16th, 2016
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Terry Cobb
I went to a wine tasting there a few years ago - it is wonderful some of these old places of history have survived.
Catherine Sherman replied:
Thank you, Terry! I would like to return there, and a wine tasting would be a great reason! Thanks for the feature.