Frogmore Plantation
Historic Property
Alternate Name:
[unknown]
Street Address:
59 Sassafras Road;(Beaufort County)
Site Number:
445-026
Control Number:
U/13/445-026
Tax Number:
R300 023 000 0231 0000
Date Surveyed:
July 3 1997
Category:
Building
Construction Date:
circa 1835
Historic Use:
Residential/Domestic
Current Use:
Residential/Domestic
Historic Core Shape:
Rectangular
Number of Stories:
2.5
Construction Method:
frame
Exterior Walls Materials:
Weatherboard
Foundation Materials:
Other
Roof Shape:
gable (lateral)
Roof Materials:
composition shingle
Porch Width:
full facade
National Register Determination:
listed
Alterations:
Laura Towne/Ellen Murray enlarged the house from 1.5 to 2.5 sometime after purchasing the house in 1868. Upper verandah added after Towne's death in 1908.
Historical Information:
Perhaps built for John and Elizabeth Stapleton, owners of the plantation in1810. Owned by Thomas A. Coffin at his death in 1865. Purchased by Laura Towne and Ellen Murray, founders of the Penn School, in 1868. After 1908, purchased by James Ross MacDo
Source of Historical Information:
Cole, Historic Resources of the Lowcountry, p. 66; NRHP nomination, "Frogmore Plantation Complex"; National Register Files
Quadrangle Name:
Saint Phillips Island