Redcliffe Plantation – Beech Island, South Carolina

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Redcliffe Plantation in Beech Island (near Aiken) was built by former US congressman and SC governor James Henry Hammond (1807-1864).

Four generations of Hammonds occupied this 1859 Greek-revival mansion. Governor Hammond’s great-grandson, John Shaw Billings (1898-1975), who served as the managing editor of Time and Life magazines, brought the Redcliffe mansion back to life in the 1930s. Today Redcliffe Plantation is managed by the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism.

Special thanks to Michael Stroud of Bluffton, who took this photo in July 2008.

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