Coffin Point Plantation
Historic Property
Alternate Name:
[unknown]
Street Address:
McTeer Drive at Avenue of Oaks;(Beaufort County)
Site Number:
442-011
Control Number:
U/13/442-011
Tax Number:
R300 013 000 0001i 0000
Date Surveyed:
July 16 1997
Category:
Building
Construction Date:
circa 1800
Historic Use:
Residential/Domestic
Current Use:
Residential/Domestic
Historic Core Shape:
Rectangular
Number of Stories:
2.5
Construction Method:
masonry
Exterior Walls Materials:
Weatherboard
Foundation Materials:
Not Visible
Roof Shape:
roof has been raised with truncated gable
Roof Materials:
raised seam metal
Porch Width:
full facade
National Register Determination:
listed
Signficant Architectural Features:
Large 2.5 story house with irregular roof line. Porch with square columns and decorated capitals; double staircase leads to main floor above raised basement. Rectangular landing projects from center of porch. 5 bay facade with central entrance. 2 sto
Historical Information:
Built by Ebeneezer Coffin ca. 1800. His son, Thomas A. Coffin, grew up there and became one of the largest sea island cotton planters. Served as a base of operations for Edward Philbrick's experiments with freedmen during Civil War.
Source of Historical Information:
Cole, Historic Resources of the Lowcountry, p. 66; Rose, Rehearsal for Reconstruction, p. 305
Quadrangle Name:
St Helena Sound