Cassina Point

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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

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19th Century (37,781)
Brick (42,462)
Built 1847 (225)
Built during 1840s (2,993)
Charleston County, South Carolina (211)
Edisto Island MRA (13)
Edisto Island, South Carolina (25)
House (27,640)
Private owner (54,398)
South Carolina (2,153)

Update Log 

• August 18, 2014: Photo imported by Michael Miller
• July 10, 2014: Updated by Michael Miller: Added "Description"

Related landmarks 

• Oak Island (Adjacent)

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• Michael Miller - michael_a_miller [at] yahoo [dot] com
• SCDAH
• National Register database - Reference number 86003210 (Search for documents)

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