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Brookgreen Gardens | |
 Fighting Stallions – by Anna Hyatt Huntington at garden park entrance. | |
| Nearest city | Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, U.S. |
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| Coordinates | 33°31′14″N 79°5′59″W / 33.52056°N 79.09972°W |
| Area | 9,100 acres (37 km2)[2] |
| Architect | Anna Hyatt Huntington |
| Architectural style | Sculpture gardens |
| Part of | Atalaya and Brookgreen Gardens (ID84002045) |
| NRHP reference No. | 78002510[1] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | April 15, 1978 |
| Designated NHLDCP | October 5, 1992 |
Brookgreen Gardens is a sculpture garden and wildlife preserve, located just south of Murrells Inlet, in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The 9,100-acre (37 km2) property includes several themed gardens featuring American figurative sculptures, the Lowcountry Zoo, and trails through several ecosystems in nature reserves on the property. It was founded by Archer Milton Huntington, stepson of railroad magnate Collis Potter Huntington, and Anna Hyatt Huntington, his wife, to feature sculptures by Anna and her sister Harriet Randolph Hyatt Mayor, along with other American sculptors. Brookgreen Gardens was opened in 1932. It was developed on property of four former rice plantations, taking its name from the former Brookgreen Plantation, which dates to the antebellum period.[3]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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