Charles Pinckney National Historic Site | |
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Location | Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, USA |
Nearest city | Charleston, South Carolina |
Coordinates | 32°50′46″N 79°49′29″W / 32.84611°N 79.82472°W |
Area | 28.45 acres (11.51 ha)[1] |
Established | September 8, 1988 |
Visitors | 45,254 (in 2011)[2] |
Governing body | National Park Service |
Website | Charles Pinckney National Historic Site |
Snee Farm-Charles Pinckney National Historic Site | |
Nearest city | Mount Pleasant, South Carolina |
Built | 1824 |
NRHP reference No. | 73001702[3] (original) 100007048 (increase) |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | April 13, 1973[3] |
Boundary increase | October 10, 2021 |
Designated NHL | November 7, 1973 |
The Charles Pinckney National Historic Site is a unit of the United States National Park Service, preserving a portion of Charles Pinckney's Snee Farm plantation and country retreat.[4][5][6][7] The site is located at 1254 Long Point Road, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. Pinckney (1757-1824) was a member of a prominent political family in South Carolina. He fought in the American Revolutionary War, was held for a period as prisoner in the North, and returned to the state in 1783. Pinckney, a Founding Father of the United States, served as a delegate to the constitutional convention where he contributed to drafting the United States Constitution.
This Snee Farm site was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1973, and was designated a National Historic Site in 1988.