Plantation House and Grounds - Boone Hall Plantation House and Historic Landscape - Mount Pleasant, SC
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YoSam.
N 32° 51.485 W 079° 49.385
17S E 610121 N 3636167
Right at the end of the long Oak Driveway - site #2 on the NRHP Map
Waymark Code: WMY34H
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 04/11/2018
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County of site: Charleston County
Location of site: Oak Ave., N. of State Rd S-10-97 (Long Point Rd.), ½ mile W. of US-17, Mount Pleasant
Built: 1936
Architect: William Harmon Beers
Contractor: Cambridge M. Trott
"2 . Plantation House and Grounds
Built in 1936 by Thomas A. Stone, the main residence at Boone Hall Plantation
is a two-and-one-half story masonry building with a brick exterior, in the
Colonial Revival style. Facing south toward the nineteenth century oak allée,
the eight-bay wide facade is slightly asymmetrical, with its monumental
pedimented gable portico at the fourth, fifth and sixth bays. The portico is
supported by six massive Tuscan columns, and features a bull's eye window in
the tympanum. At the ground level, the three eastern (left) bays, with
shuttered 9/9 windows, represent a large library/music room; within the portico
are smaller 6/6 windows flanking the paneled entry door with sidelights and
fanlight; and two 6/9 windows at the western (right) bays represent the dining
room. Second level window openings are slightly shorter, and have 6/6 sash.
"An oculus window occupies the space between the second and third bays. Above
the entry is an iron balcony, accessed by French doors. The lateral hipped
slate roof has a medium pitch, with tall brick exterior chimneys at each side
elevation. There is one interior chimney.
"The roof is hipped, with a rear wing of four bays at the eastern half of the
house. Gable dormers at this rear wing, one at each side and two at the rear,
indicate a finished attic level. There are brick exterior chimneys at the rear
and east elevations of the wing, which has 6/9 windows at both levels. A small
one-story brick wing, with hipped roof and exterior chimney, was originally
used for farm-related storage.
"Although designed in a revival style of the twentieth century, the main house
is compatible with its nineteenth century surroundings. The enormous oaks of
the avenue, and the gentle slope of the grounds toward Butler Creek, are
enhanced by this massive structure on its low foundation. The effect is
strengthened by the warm appearance of the salvaged brick used in its
construction." ~ NRHP Nomination Form