Archdale in Dorchester County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Archdale Hall

Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2010

1. Archdale Hall Marker

Inscription.
Archdale Hall Plantation was established in 1681 by a royal grant of 300 acres to Richard Baker. The plantation, later expanded to more than 3000 acres, produced indigo and rice. The house which once stood here, built before 1750, was a fine example of Georgian residential architecture. It survived the Civil War only to be demolished by the Charleston earthquake of 1886.

Erected 2002 by South Carolina Department of Archives and History; sponsored by the Archdale Civic Association. (Marker Number 18-11.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Notable Buildings • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1681.

Location. 32° 53.991′ N, 80° 6.131′ W. Marker is in Archdale, South Carolina, in Dorchester County. It is on Mansfield Blvd.. Located just south of Willow Oak Circle / Scottswood Drive. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: North Charleston SC 29418, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Lowcountry.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and on

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the Eastern Seaboard. 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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Windsor Hill Plantation (approx. 1.8 miles away); a different marker also named Windsor Hill Plantation (approx. 1.8 miles away); Camellias: Up on a Pedestal (approx. 1.8 miles away); Azaleas (approx. 1.9 miles away); William Henry Drayton (approx. 1.9 miles away); The Earthquake of 1886 (approx. 1.9 miles away); The Ashley River (approx. 2 miles away); The Magnolia Houses (approx. 2 miles away).

More about this marker. Although the marker has 18-12 on it, its correct number is actually 18-11 according to the South Carolina Department of Archives and History (http://www.scaet.org/markers/display.cfm?id=96).

Also see . . . South Carolina Plantations. Archdale