Peter's Point Plantation

Peter's Point was built by Isaac Jenkins Mikell in 1840.[2] The house was built at the intersection of St. Pierre's Creek and Fishing Creek. The site was Gen. Lafayette’s departure point from the island in 1826 after he visited the island during a southern tour. The plantation house displays early Edisto Island plantation and Greek Revival styles. Mikell, a Princeton graduate, was one of the wealthiest planters in the state. He served as a magistrate and commissioner of the public schools of Edisto. One of Mikell's projects was the landscaping of the grounds surrounding the house.[3] The house was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on June 19, 1973.[1][4]

Peter's Point Plantation
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	9084 Peter's Point Road, Edisto Island, South Carolina
Coordinates	32°32′19″N 80°20′22″W
Built	1840
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	73001699[1]

The plantation was one of the world's largest producers of Sea Island Cotton and was as large as 2,200 acres in 1860. It had an estimated yearly ginned cotton production of approximately 70,000 pounds.[3] The house is sometimes, less frequently known as the Isaac Jenkins Mikell House, but that name is much more commonly applied to the Greek Revival house Mikell built in Charleston in 1853.

See also

• Isaac Jenkins Mikell House

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Bull, Elias; Sharon Goff (February 8, 1973). "Peter's Point Plantation" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
3. "Peter's Point Plantation, Charleston County (S.C. Sec. Rd. 764, Edisto Island)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved Dec 7, 2012.
4. "Theatre, Plantation Listed as Historic". Charleston News & Courier. July 5, 1973. p. 9A. Retrieved Dec 7, 2012.