Peachtree Plantation Archeology talk and tour with Dr. Kendy Altizer
Tours hosted by Dr. Kendy Altizer. On top of a sandy rise, nestled among new growth pines on the lower reaches of the South Santee River near its delta, sit the ruins of what is said to have been one of the grandest colonial era plantation homes in the Lowcountry of South Carolina. It was once the home of the prominent Lynch family who were Lowcountry rice planters and politicians. Thomas Lynch, Jr. was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. The main house, though now a ruin, is an example of Palladian architecture not often seen in plantation contexts. The house was built between 1760 and 1762 and burned in 1840; it was never reconstructed and what remains today is a ruin of partial walls and rubble.
Tours hosted by Dr. Kendy Altizer. On top of a sandy rise, nestled among new growth pines on the lower reaches of the South Santee River near its delta, sit the ruins of what is said to have been one of the grandest colonial era plantation homes in the Lowcountry of South Carolina. It was once the home of the prominent Lynch family who were Lowcountry rice planters and politicians. Thomas Lynch, Jr. was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. The main house, though now a ruin, is an example of Palladian architecture not often seen in plantation contexts. The house was built between 1760 and 1762 and burned in 1840; it was never reconstructed and what remains today is a ruin of partial walls and rubble.
Tours hosted by Dr. Kendy Altizer. On top of a sandy rise, nestled among new growth pines on the lower reaches of the South Santee River near its delta, sit the ruins of what is said to have been one of the grandest colonial era plantation homes in the Lowcountry of South Carolina. It was once the home of the prominent Lynch family who were Lowcountry rice planters and politicians. Thomas Lynch, Jr. was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. The main house, though now a ruin, is an example of Palladian architecture not often seen in plantation contexts. The house was built between 1760 and 1762 and burned in 1840; it was never reconstructed and what remains today is a ruin of partial walls and rubble.