Plantations & Gardens

MIDDLETON PLACE is a National Historic Landmark and a carefully preserved 18th-century plantation that has survived revolution, Civil War, and earthquake. It was the home of four important generations of Middletons, beginning with Henry Middleton, President of the First Continental Congress; Arthur, a signer of the Declaration of Independence; Henry, Governor of South Carolina and an American Minister to Russia; and Williams, a signer of the Ordinance of Secession.
Visitors are invited to tour the Gardens, the House Museum, and the Plantation Stableyards. Middleton Place, located on Ashley River Road (Highway 61), just 14 miles northwest of Charleston, South Carolina, is owned and operated by the Middleton Place Foundation, a non-profit 501(C)(3) educational trust.
Middleton Place is open daily at 9:00 a.m.

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Founded in 1676 by the Drayton family, Magnolia Plantation has survived the centuries and witnessed the history of our nation unfold before it from the American Revolution through the Civil War and beyond. It is the oldest public tourist site in the Lowcountry, and the oldest public gardens in America, opening its doors to visitors in 1872 to view the thousands of beautiful flowers and plants in its famous gardens. So join us here at Magnolia Plantation to experience the beauty of its gardens and its rich history today.
Step back in time with a half-hour guided tour of the Drayton family home, the third to grace the site in more than three centuries of Drayton family occupation. The current main House – the core of which was built prior to the Revolutionary War near Summerville, South Carolina and floated down the Ashley River to Magnolia after the Civil War — gives a glimpse of plantation life in the 19th century and beyond. Ten rooms are open to the public, furnished with early-American antiques, porcelain, quilts, and other Drayton family heirlooms. Guides describe life in the 19th century, using furniture and household objects to bring plantation culture alive. Upstairs, a room dedicated to the late John Drayton Hastie, the most recent owner of Magnolia, displays part of his private art collection.

During the house tour you will learn the history of the Drayton family as well as the fate of the previous two family homes.

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1235 Long Point Rd.
Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464
843-884-4371

Charleston Tea Plantation
6617 Maybank Hwy.
Wadmalaw, SC 29487
843-559-0383

Cypress Gardens
3030 Cypress Gardens Rd.
Moncks Corner, SC 29461
843-553-0515

Drayton Hall
3380 Ashley River Rd.
Charleston, SC 29414
843-769-2600

Magnolia Plantation & Gardens
3550 Ashley River Rd.
Charleston, SC 29414
843-571-1266

Mepkin Abbey & Gardens
1098 Mepkin Abbey Rd.
Moncks Corner, SC 29461
843-761-8509

Middleton Place
4300 Ashley River Rd.
Charleston, SC 29414