Prospect Hill (Charleston County, South Carolina)

Prospect Hill is an historic plantation house on Edisto Island, South Carolina. The two-story Federal house is significant for its architecture and ties to the production of sea island cotton.^[2][3] Constructed about 1800 for Ephraim Baynard, it sits on a bluff overlooking the South Edisto River. In 1860, William Grimball Baynard owned Prospect Hill. Baynard was an elder in the Edisto Island Presbyterian Church, a Justice of the Peace, a Justice of the Quorum, and the owner of 220 slaves. When Baynard died in 1861, his son William G. Baynard acquired the house. The house was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on 28 November 1986.^[1]

Prospect Hill
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
South (front) facade, October 1978
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Location	2695 Laurel Hill Road, Edisto Island, SC 29438
Coordinates	32°34′54″N 80°23′04″W
Built	c. 1792
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	86003196[1]
Added to NRHP	Nov. 28, 1986

In 1999, Prospect Hill was bought by the Nature Conservancy of South Carolina for $5.75 million with plans to conserve the 1200 acres along the South Edisto River. The prior owner was a real estate development company which had intended to develop the property.^[4] The house was then resold to private homeowners who restored it.^[5]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Prospect Hill" (pdf). South Carolina Inventory Form for Historic Districts and Individual Properties in a Multiple Property Submission. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
3. "Prospect Hill, Charleston County (off Laurel Hill Rd., Edisto Island)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved Dec 3, 2012.
4. "Conservancy Buys Edisto Plantation". Spartanburg Herald-Journal. May 7, 1999. p. A13. Retrieved Dec 4, 2012.
5. Robert Behre (June 30, 2003). "Prospect Hill restoration clings to historic accuracy". Charleston Post & Courier. p. B1.

External links

• Media related to Prospect Hill (Charleston County, South Carolina) at Wikimedia Commons
• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. SC-492, "Prospect Hill (House), State Route 174 vicinity, Edisto Island, Charleston County, SC", 9 photos, 1 photo caption page