Middleton Place

Middleton Place is a historic plantation built in the 1730s. Developed in several phases during the 18th and 19th centuries, the property was the primary home of several generations of the Middleton family, many of whom played important roles in the colonial and antebellum history of South Carolina, and of the United States.

Building in the property was started by John Williams, and was continued by his son-in-law Henry Middleton. Henry completed the house’s main section and its north and south annex, and began work on the elaborate landscaped gardens. During the American Civil War, Union soldiers burned down most of the main house and only the south flankers and walls of the north wings survived. The Charleston earthquake of 1886 destroyed what was left of the north wing. Today, only the south flanker remains intact and now serves as the house museum.

The Middleton Place is know for America’s oldest and first landscaped gardens.