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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPM3_christ-church_Mt-Pleasant-SC.html
The Church Act of 1706 created Christ Church Parish. The first church, a wooden structure built in 1707, accidentally burned in 1725. A brick church was erected in 1726, and although the British burned it in 1782 and the interior was destroyed by …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPM2_confederate-lines_Mt-Pleasant-SC.html
The earthworks nearby are remains of the 1861 fortifications built to defend Mount Pleasant. They extended east 2.5 miles from Butler's Creek at Boone Hall Plantation to Fort Palmetto on Hamlin Sound. Supporting this line were Battery Gary and tho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPM1_riverside-beach-whites-paridise_Mt-Pleasant-SC.html
Riverside BeachRiverside Beach, developed by the Cooper River Bridge Company, opened in 1930 as the first black beach in the area. It was sold to the County in 1941. The site featured a dance pavilion, boardwalk, bath house, playground and ball fi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPGV_whilden-house-54th-massachusetts-regiment_Mt-Pleasant-SC.html
(Front):The Whilden HouseElias Whilden, planter and mayor (1857-1858), built his home c. 1840. Five sons fought for the Confederacy, including John Marshall Whilden. John was Captain of the Citadel cadets who fired on the steamer, The Star of the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPGU_wando-pottery_Mt-Pleasant-SC.html
Indians living along the Wando River 1200 years ago made distinctive pottery using limestone and clay from the river banks. This type of pottery is found only in the Wando River Basin and is distinguished by the presence of limestone used to tempe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPGS_thomas-lynch-at-rivertowne_Mt-Pleasant-SC.html
Side A Thomas and Sabina Lynch were some of Mount Pleasant's earliest and wealthiest residents. Their 18th century plantation house was located here in Rivertowne. The Lynch family story begins in 1677 when Jonack Lynch emigrated from Ireland to C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPGP_scanlonville_Mt-Pleasant-SC.html
In 1868, John Scanlon, a freedman, purchased 614 acres of the former Remley Plantation at auction for $6,100. He then founded the Charleston Land Company to provide land ownership to freed slaves. The tract was subdivided into a planned community …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPGN_ronkins-long-room-ferry-service_Mt-Pleasant-SC.html
(Front):Ronkin's Long RoomThe crew of the Confederate submarine, H.L. Hunley, commanded by Lt. George Dixon, was temporarily quartered at Ronkin's Long Room, 205 Ferry Street, in early 1864. The building, previously known as Shell Hall, summer hom…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPGL_phillips-community_Mt-Pleasant-SC.html
Side AThis community, settled along Horlbeck Creek in the 1870s by freedmen, was named after the Phillips Plantation. Former slaves of the Laurel Hill, Parker Island, and Boone Hall Plantations purchased the land in ten acre parcels and founded th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPGI_mount-pleasant-waterworks_Mt-Pleasant-SC.html
Side AIn the early 20th century, Mount Pleasant's leaders and citizens believed that the town's rural locale and lack of a quality water supply hindered residential growth and prosperity. The situation changed when the Cooper River Bridge opened a…