The nearest possible dating of the construction of the Middleburg house is found in the Bible record of the first of the Simon's children. The records state that the fourth child was born in December, 1697 in the house of "Maptica" but that "the fifth child is a girl born on Tuesday, 21st of April, 1699, at 6 o'clock in the evening in the house at Middleburg Plantation."
Although the entry road to the Middleburg Plantation stops short of the Cooper River, the boundry line continues directly northwest to the river. The Avenue of Oaks date from about 1832.
The property includes a 2500 square foot, six bedroom house, former slave quarters and the remains of other outbuildings and remains including a stable, servant's quarters, toll office and threshing yard. A two story addition to the left of the chimney was added on to the home in 1717. The porchases are original to the home dating to the end of the 17th century.
There are a number of ponds and lakes on the property.
Plantation house with remains of servants quarters and the kitchen at rear.
The Commissary - 3rd. quarter of 18th century
Stable Remains - The current owners have numerous old photos of many of the outbuildings showing what they looked like prior to Hurrican Hugo which caused damage to many of the structures on the property.
Mechanized Rice Mill
The area immediately around the Plantation House provides one of the most remarkable of "low-country" plantation environments remaining intact, representing extremely well the nature of the area on which developed the important example of early architecture we have in that house.
All 326 acres of the plantation have been granted to the Lowcountry Open Land Trust, but 4 acres have been left open in case a future owner wants to build a modern home or other amenities on the site. The current owner purchased the property in 1981. Very few homes designated as a National Historic Landmark come on the market. Middleburg Plantation was on the market briefly in 2007 for $9.9 million. One of the last to become available and sell was the historic Carter's Grove Plantation in Virginia which was sold by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in 2007. The two story 1750s brick Georgian home on 400 acres was sold to CNet founder Halsey Minor for $15.3 million. Like Middleburg Planation, Carter's Grove was sold with preservation easements to protect both the house and the property from development incompatible with its historic character. Reportedly, Minor planned on raising thoroughbred on the property. The 12 bedroom home required minor changes, upgraded plumbing, a new kitchen and a downstairs bath that was to be added by a New York firm that specializes in classical and traditional design.
Looking out from the front room at Middleburg Plantation. A small restored portion of one of the front porch columns is thought to have been a repair to damage caused by the sword of a British soldier who stabbed it with his bayonet during the Revolutionary War. During the Civil War, two confederate generals signed a pane in the front window just before they fled from oncoming Union gunboats according to the present owner. Many of the main house's windows are original and still have a greenish tint.Take a tour of the interior of this historically important South Carolina Plantation home.
