Brick House Ruin
Ruin of a 1725 plantation house on Edisto Island, South Carolina. Added to the National Register in 1970, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The Paul Hamilton House, commonly referred to as the Brick House Ruins, is the ruin of a 1725 plantation house on Edisto Island, South Carolina, that burned in 1929. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1970 for the unusual architecture of the surviving walls, which is partly based on French Huguenot architecture of the period.
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The record
| Property type | Structure |
| Address | S of Edisto Island, Edisto Island vicinity, SC |
| County | Charleston County |
| Listed | Apr 15, 1970 |
| Reference number | 70000580 |
| Type of place | plantation |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 structures |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | S of Edisto Island, Edisto Island, SC |
| Coordinates | 32.60167, -80.32524 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Reconstruction Era National Historical Park · 24 mi · on Park Atlas |
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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 70000580. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.