115 www.ReadMPM.com | www.MountPleasantMagazine.com | www.MountPleasantPodcast.com BY MARY COY Hibben House: Mount Pleasant’s oldest home If only these walls could talk! They’d sure have plenty to say. They would tell about when General William Moultrie held a parley here with Lord Cornwallis during the Revolutionary War. They’d also talk about the scores of ships that pulled up to nearby docks, bringing visitors from near and far. And they’d talk about the two little children who dug for hidden treasures just outside the walls. Shannon and David Wood, the current owners of the Hibben House, know the stories. That’s because Shannon grew up next door and remembers Julie McIver, the owner of 111 Hibben St. back then, reciting them to her. After all, McIver’s family had lived in the house for nearly a century, so she knew those stories by heart. But the house resembled a museum then and was filled with antiques. That was only natural, since McIver’s mother, Petrona Royall McIver, was a local historian. dwellings A Historical GEM
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