Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, SC

Magnolia Plantation and Gardens is a historic mansion with gardens on the Ashley River in Charleston County, South Carolina, near 3550 Ashley River Road west of Ashley. It is on the National Register of Historic Places and is one of the oldest plantations in the South. Magnolia Plantation lies just outside of Charleston, across the Ashley River from North Charleston. The house and gardens are open to the public on a daily basis for a fee. The date of the plantation.

What makes the Magnolia Plantation so well-known?

Magnolia was once a rice plantation, with massive earthworks such as dams and dikes built in fields along the river to irrigate rice-growing land. The masterpieces were created by enslaved Africans from rice-growing regions.



Magnolia Plantation is how old?

Magnolia Plantation was established in 1676, making it the oldest plantation in South Carolina as well as the country's oldest estate garden. By 1680, the property's first owner, Thomas Drayton, Junior, had built a manor house on the site, as well as a French garden around it.

On the Magnolia Plantation, what was grown?

During the Colonial era, rice production brought enormous riches and growth to Magnolia Plantation. During the American Revolution, British and American armies would occupy the grounds, and the Drayton sons would become statesmen and soldiers battling against British control.