Mount Pleasant in Charleston County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Snee Farm Historic Structures
Charles Pinckney National Historic Site
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Photographed by Dave W, May 20, 2023
1. Snee Farm Historic Structures Marker
Enslaved Africans and their Gullah Geechee descendants lived and work on Snee Farm plantation from the 1700s to 1865. Before the Civil War, agricultural use shifted from rice and corn and other staples. Cotton appeared in the final decades of the 1800s. Farming ceased by the early 1930s, and from 1936 to the end of private ownership in 1988, the former plantation was used as a private residence. In the nearly 300 years of human habitation, buildings have come and gone as economic and social changes affected the economy and thus the landscape. Through archeological excavations and research, evidence of a detached kitchen, smokehouse, enslaved quarters, and other structures typical of a plantation have been found on the property. Only four structures stood on the remnant 28 acres of what was once a 715-acre plantation in 1988 when the National Park Service acquired the site from the Friends of Snee Farm.
Erected by National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Agriculture • Anthropology & Archaeology •
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Location. 32° 50.794′ N, 79° 49.498′ W. Marker is in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, in Charleston County. It can be reached from Long Point Road (State Road S-10-97) east of Oak Avenue, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1240 Long Point Rd, Mount Pleasant SC 29464, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Lowcountry. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Indigo and Its Beginnings in South Carolina (within shouting distance of this marker); Charles Pinckney - Statesman (within shouting distance of this marker); Archeology (within
Photographed by Dave W, May 20, 2023
2. Snee Farm Historic Structures Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on May 31, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 24, 2023, by Dave W of Co, Colorado. This page has been viewed 346 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 24, 2023, by Dave W of Co, Colorado. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
