Mount Pleasant Magazine March/April 2024

22 www.ReadMPM.com | www.MountPleasantMagazine.com | www.MountPleasantPodcast.com mills, to the enslaved people who made it all happen. Yet, there were once dozens of plantations on both sides of the Cooper and Wando rivers, most of which have now been replaced by modern suburban neighborhoods. But some of the old plantations are in private hands. The oldest wooden plantation house in the state stands at one of them. The house at Middleburg Plantation in Huger was built in 1697 by Benjamin Simons, one of the many Huguenot immigrants who settled the Cainhoy peninsula. A grand oak-lined entrance is the gateway to this 326-acre property overlooking the east branch of the Cooper River. The house is similar in style to the “Charleston single our town Photo courtesy of C.J. BROWN, BROWN LAND+PLANTATION ADVISORS www.RadRydz.com | 843-972-8525 | Chad@RadRydz.com | 857 Coleman Blvd., Unit E Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 (behind REV Financial) @RadRydz Talk to us about remanufacturing your golf cart into a Low Speed Vehicle. THANK YOU MOUNT PLEASANT! Best Golf Cart Sales and Service Shop 2024 ®

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