Oakland Plantation House (Mount Pleasant, South Carolina)

Oakland Plantation House or Youghall Plantation House, in deviation Youghal Plantation House, referred to the main house of a plantation, which was built around 1750 about eleven kilometers east of Mount Pleasant in Charleston County South Carolina in the United States. It is located about one kilometer south of the U.S. Highway 17 at Stratton Place and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 13, 1977.

History

John Perrie came from Ireland in the area and purchased 982 acres ( about 395 hectares) of land on which he put a plantation. He named the plantation after the town of Youghal, County Cork. After his death in 1713 his daughter inherited the plantation. Her husband transferred the property in 1740 to Captain George Benison. It is believed that this built house. 1755 bought the plantation Charles Barksdale, whose family owned the property for a century. In the 1850s, Mary Barksdale and her husband James were the owners of the plantation. Presumably these were responsible for the name change in Oakland Plantation. Philip E. Porcher in 1859 the owner of the plantation, which has since remained in the possession of this family.

A part of the once belonging to the plantation land was converted in the recent past in commercial premises. In addition, 133 acres ( about 53 hectares) were separated as a nature reserve.

Architecture

The main house of the plantation is a one and a half floors comprehensive building post and beam construction with a Gambreldach on a brick base. Originally were located at both ends of the house fireplaces, survives today only one of them. Five steps lead up to the entrance, the portico be worn with a gable roof of two Tuscan columns. These were later added to the building. The entrance door is located in the center of the facade. Above the door are four skylights. Two Aufziehfenster lie with nine sprout fields on both sides of the entrance.

A side wing with a kitchen was added to the manmade structures in the 1920s. This extension has a similar roof, the windows are rounded and at the front with double wings. The back is similar to the front, but the half roof is supported by square pillars plastered. The wooden floor of the porch was replaced at the back by a terrace of concrete. Are located on the left side of the front two rows of windows with three Aufziehfenster with nine sprout fields at each level. The central window has thereby replaced the remote fireplace.

The four rooms on the ground floor are arranged around a centrally placed hall. The front door opens into a small foyer with staircase. The second floor has three bedrooms and a bathroom. In each corner of the rooms, the fireplace is decorated with Greek motifs with the mantelpieces.

The kitchens, two smokehouses and a driveway lined with oak trees are original.