Beneventum Plantation House

Beneventum Plantation House, originally known as Prospect Hill Plantation, is a historic plantation house located near Georgetown, Georgetown County, South Carolina. It was built about 1750, and is a two-story, five bay, Georgian style house. It features a one-story portico across the center two-thirds of the façade. The rear half of the house was added about 1800, with further rear additions made probably early-20th century. It was the home of Christopher Gadsden, a prominent statesmen and soldier of the American Revolution, the originator of the “Don’t Tread on Me” flag, and Federalist Party leader in the early national period.[2][3]

Beneventum Plantation House
Beneventum Plantation House, HABS Photo, October 1977
LocationOff County Road 431, near Georgetown, South Carolina
Coordinates33°26′43″N 79°15′39″W
Arealess than one acre
Builtc. 1750 (1750)
Architectural styleColonial, Southern Colonial
MPSGeorgetown County Rice Culture MPS
NRHP reference No.88000526[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 3, 1988

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. J. Tracy Power and Sherry Piland (September 1987). "Beneventum Plantation House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  3. "Beneventum Plantation House, Georgetown County (off S.C. Sec. Rd. 431, Georgetown vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 7 July 2012.

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