Coffin Point Plantation | |
Nearest city | Frogmore, South Carolina |
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Coordinates | 32°25′58″N 80°28′32″W / 32.43278°N 80.47556°W |
Area | 22 acres (8.9 ha) |
Built | 1801 |
Architectural style | Federal |
NRHP reference No. | 75001687[1] |
Added to NRHP | August 28, 1975 |
Coffin Point Plantation, is a historic plantation house located in the Frogmore area of Beaufort County, South Carolina, USA. A Sea Island plantation.
Ebenezer Coffin, born in Boston in 1763, received 1120 acres and 63 chattel slaves from his father-in-law and had the house built on the property.[2]
It is estimated that the home was built around 1801, and like many early 19th century homes in the area, features a tabby foundation. One of the home's more striking features is the one-half mile avenue of oaks that leads to the home.
In 1862, during the Civil War, 260 people were recorded as being enslaved on the plantation.[2]
James Donald Cameron, a Republican U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania and former Secretary of War bought the plantation house in the early 1890s.[3] Henry Adams described his visits to the Camerons at the plantation in his book The Education of Henry Adams.[4]
The plantation was placed in the National Historic Register on August 28, 1975.