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.
Aliases (5)
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
National Historic Landmark
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historic plantation → tourist attraction → |
| architecturalStyle |
Georgian architecture
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Palladian architecture → |
| category |
Historic house museums in South Carolina
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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
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formal landscaped gardens → |
| hasGeographicRegion |
Lowcountry of South Carolina
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surface form: "Lowcountry, South Carolina"
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| hasHistoricalRole |
example of plantation economy based on enslaved labor
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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
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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
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surface form: "National Historic Landmark of the United States"
National Register of Historic Places →
surface form: "National Register of Historic Places listing"
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| inception | 18th century → |
| locatedIn | Charleston County, South Carolina → |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone → |
| locatedNear |
Charleston
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surface form: "Charleston, South Carolina"
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| locatedOn | Ashley River → |
| namedAfter | Middleton family → |
| notableResident |
Arthur Middleton
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Henry Middleton → |
| offers |
garden tours
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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
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earthquake damage in 1886 Charleston earthquake → |
| significantPerson |
Arthur Middleton
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Henry Middleton → Williams Middleton → |
| usedEnslavedLabor | African and African American enslaved people → |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form: "Middleton Place"
this entity surface form: "Middleton Place Rice Fields"
Arthur Middleton (signer of the Declaration of Independence)
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placeOfBurial
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Middleton Place plantation
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subject surface form: "Arthur Middleton"
this entity surface form: "Middleton Place Gardens, Dorchester County, South Carolina"
this entity surface form: "Middleton Place Gardens, South Carolina"
Arthur Middleton (signer of the Declaration of Independence)
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residence
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Middleton Place plantation
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subject surface form: "Arthur Middleton"
this entity surface form: "Middleton Place, South Carolina"