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MIDDLETON PLACE II Charleston, South Carolina RETIRED The history on the back reads, "Today's Middleton Place House is all that remains of what was once a three-part residential complex, consisting of a main house and a dependency building, or flanker, on either side. The main house, which dated to the late 1730s and is now in ruins, was the home of John Williams. Mary, his daughter, in 1741 married Henry Middleton, a wealthy young planter. The house and surrounding 200 acres were part of her bridal dowry. Middleton began construction of the gardens, which according to tradition took the work of 100 slaves laboring seasonally for ten years to complete. In 1755 he added the two-story north and south flankers. On February 22, 1865, a foraging party from the 56th New York Volunteers, part of General Sherman's army, looted and burned Middleton Place. The main house and north flanker were almost completely destroyed, their fragile walls leveled twenty years later in the Great Earthquake of 1886. The south flanker was less damaged and Williams Middleton was able to restore and enlarge it in the 1870s as the family residence. Open to the public since February, 1975, the Middleton Place House Museum displays a collection of family furniture, paintings, silver, porcelain and books that give meaning to the story of life at Middleton Place." Size: 9 1/2" Wide X 4 1/2" High X 1" Product Code: CHS67 Series: Charleston Not Available on Shelia’s Web Site Now Price: $19.95

CHS67 Shelia's MIDDLETON PLACE II - RETIRED

MIDDLETON PLACE II Charleston, South Carolina RETIRED