Redcliffe Plantation State Historic Site is a state park in South Carolina

South Carolina

South Carolina is a state in the Deep South of the United States that borders Georgia to the south, North Carolina to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence...

, USA. Redcliffe Plantation, also known as Redcliffe, completed in 1859, is a Greek Revival plantation house located on the site that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

. The house was designed by the baron Louis Berckmans

Louis Berckmans

Louis Mathieu Edouard, Baron Berckmans was a Belgian aristocrat and a medical doctor who was famous for his interest in plant biology and specifically in horticulture.- Biography :...

 and was built in 1857. It was built for James Henry Hammond

James Henry Hammond

James Henry Hammond was a politician from South Carolina. He served as a United States Representative from 1835 to 1836, the 60th Governor of South Carolina from 1842 to 1844, and United States Senator from 1857 to 1860...

and was home to three generations of his descendants. His great-grandson John Shaw Billings, editor of Time, Life, and Fortune magazines, donated the estate and collections to the people of South Carolina in 1973. The same year it was added to the National Register.

External links

• Redcliffe Plantation State Historic Site - South Carolina State Parks
• Recliffe State Park