Stoney/Baynard Plantation
National Register Listing
Street Address:
Address Restricted (Beaufort County)
Alternate Name:
Baynard Ruins; Braddock's Point Plantation; 38BU58
NRHP Nomination
Record Number:
S10817707056
Description and Narrative:
(Baynard Ruins; Braddock’s Point Plantation) The Stoney-Baynard Plantation, dating from the first decade of the nineteenth century, or perhaps even the last decade of the eighteenth century, represents the main settlement of a typical sea island cotton plantation. The site is significant for the contributions it has already made, and is able to make through additional archaeological research, to our understanding of main plantation complexes and their white owners. In addition, the site provides the opportunity to explore the status and life style of African American slaves associated with household domestic duties, rather than field slaves which have been more extensively studied. Taken as a whole, the complex has the ability to further refine our understanding of the use and cognitive structure of rural plantation landscapes by both black slaves and white owners. Finally, the main house ruins are the only tabby mansion built on Hilton Head Island. Standing architectural ruins associated with the plantation include portions of the main house, a chimney footing for what may be an overseer’s house, and a slave house associated with slaves working in the main house. Ruins of a fourth structure include footings for a tent, probably constructed during the Civil War by Union troops known to have been stationed at this plantation. Listed in the National Register February 23, 1994.
Period of Significance:
circa 1790 – 1865
Level of Significance:
State
Area of Significance:
Archeology;Ethnic Heritage: Black;Architecture
National Register Determination:
listed
Date of Certification:
February 23 1994
