Lucas Family Cemetery
National Register Listing
Street Address:
Ellen Dr., Mt. Pleasant, SC (Charleston County)
NRHP Nomination
Record Number:
S10817710167
Description and Narrative:
The Lucas Family Cemetery is significant as an excellent example of a plantation graveyard of a prominent local family and for its significance in gravestone art and landscape architecture. The cemetery derives its primary significance from distinctive design features and association with historic events. The walled plot with several grave markers signed by Charleston carvers is consistent with a tradition of physical organization of the family cemetery in the Lowcountry. The design quality of the wall and stones make it an important example of the type. With respect to the early plantation culture of Mount Pleasant, the Lucas Family Cemetery is a rare remnant of a significant settlement pattern. High ground along the waterfront was valued for industry and transportation, as well as being desirable for healthy residences. In 1825 the Lucas family established a burial ground beside their home, as plantation owners had done for more than a century. Eleven gravemarkers remain, dating from 1825 to 1892. Five are brick box tombs with slab or table tops. Listed in the National Register May 18, 1998.
Period of Significance:
1825 – 1892
Level of Significance:
Local
Area of Significance:
Art;Landscape Architecture;Social History
National Register Determination:
listed
Date of Certification:
May 18 1998
