Middleton Place plantation

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Middleton Place plantation is a historic rice plantation and National Historic Landmark near Charleston, South Carolina, renowned for its 18th-century terraced gardens and role in early American history.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf National Historic Landmark
historic plantation
tourist attraction
architecturalStyle Georgian architecture
Palladian architecture
category Historic house museums in South Carolina
National Historic Landmarks in South Carolina
Plantations in South Carolina
country United States of America
cropGrown Carolina Gold rice
dateOfNationalHistoricLandmarkDesignation 1971
dateOfNationalRegisterListing 1966
ElizasHouseFunction interpretive site on slavery and freedpeople
hasGardenStyle 18th-century terraced gardens
formal landscaped gardens
hasGeographicRegion Lowcountry of South Carolina
surface form: "Lowcountry, South Carolina"
hasHistoricalRole example of plantation economy based on enslaved labor
major rice plantation in colonial South Carolina
site associated with a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence
hasMainBuilding Middleton Place House Museum
hasMemorial Eliza’s House
hasPart Middleton Place Chapel Ruins
Middleton Place Gardens
Middleton Place Inn
Middleton Place Plantation Cemetery
Middleton Place plantation
surface form: "Middleton Place Rice Fields"

Middleton Place Stableyards
heritageDesignation National Historic Landmark
surface form: "National Historic Landmark of the United States"

National Register of Historic Places
surface form: "National Register of Historic Places listing"
inception 18th century
locatedIn Charleston County, South Carolina
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
locatedNear Charleston
surface form: "Charleston, South Carolina"
locatedOn Ashley River
namedAfter Middleton family
notableResident Arthur Middleton
Henry Middleton
offers garden tours
house museum tours
interpretive programs on slavery and plantation life
openToPublic true
operator Middleton Place Foundation
originalFunction rice plantation
ownedBy Middleton family
restorationStart 20th century
restoredBy Middleton Place Foundation
significantEvent destruction of main house during the American Civil War
earthquake damage in 1886 Charleston earthquake
significantPerson Arthur Middleton
Henry Middleton
Williams Middleton
usedEnslavedLabor African and African American enslaved people

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Middleton Place plantation hasPart Middleton Place plantation
subject surface form: "Middleton Place"
this entity surface form: "Middleton Place Rice Fields"
Henry Middleton owned Middleton Place plantation
subject surface form: "Arthur Middleton"
this entity surface form: "Middleton Place Gardens, Dorchester County, South Carolina"
Henry Middleton placeOfBurial Middleton Place plantation
this entity surface form: "Middleton Place Gardens, South Carolina"
subject surface form: "Arthur Middleton"
this entity surface form: "Middleton Place, South Carolina"

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