Cassina Point
Also known as: Hopkinson HouseCassina Point Rd., Edisto Island, South Carolina
Map
Coordinates:
+32.59139, -80.2504832°35'29" N, 80°15'02" W
Quadrangle map:Edisto Island
Description
Cassina Point, constructed in 1847-48 for Carolina Lafayette Seabrook and her husband, James Hopkinson, is significant as a large antebellum house and remnant of a sea island cotton plantation. Hopkinson, of Philadelphia, was grandson of Francis Hopkinson, signer of the Declaration of Independence from New Jersey and designer of the American flag. This house and plantation were occupied during the Civil War by, among other units, the Third New Hampshire Regiment, commanded by Col. E.Q. Fellows. The house is a two-and-one-half story, rectangular plan, side-gable roofed residence on a raised, brick basement (laid in Flemish bond). The building is clad in weatherboard except at the pedimented gable ends where the tympanum is sheathed in flushboard siding. Two massive, interior, brick chimneys with stuccoed necking and rat-tooth bands pierce the rear slope of the roof. A full-width, five-bay, hipped roof porch with plain columns extends across the façade elevation. The interior features marble mantels, and door and window surrounds with bull’s-eye cornerblocks. Listed in the National Register November 28, 1986. - SCDAH
National Register information
- Status
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on November 28, 1986
- Reference number
- 86003210
- Areas of significance
- Architecture; Agriculture
- Level of significance
- Local
- Evaluation criteria
- A - Event; C - Design/Construction
- Property type
- Building
- Historic function
- Single dwelling
- Current function
- Single dwelling
- Periods of significance
- 1850-1874; 1825-1849
- Significant years
- 1847; 1848; 1862
Update Log
- August 18, 2014: Photo imported by Michael Miller
- July 10, 2014: Updated by Michael Miller: Added "Description"