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Item Title
Mulberry, Cooper River, West Branch, Moncks Corner, Berkeley County, SC
LocationWest Branch,
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS SC-393
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (N428).
National Register Number: 66000697
Significance: Built between 1711-14, Mulberry is the oldest surviving exposed brick manor in the Carolinas and Georgia. Colonel Thomas Broughton, a prominent planter and fur trader who later served as the Governor of the Royal Government, acquired more than 4,400 acres and constructed this house on a high bluff overlooking the Cooper River and rice fields. Since its construction it has undergone several periods the extent of which are unknown, but the basic form has remained intact. The Broughton family retained ownership until 1820...
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. Mulberry Thomas Broughton Plantation House EXTERIOR VIEW
2. GENERAL VIEW, FROM SOUTHWEST. Note front and rear corner pavilions, which are original with house.
3. SOUTH (FRONT) SIDE
4. NORTH (REAR) SIDE. Shed roofed porch built ca. 1930. Brick-face dormer not original with house, date unknown.
5. EAST SIDE, SHOWING THE MAIN CORE AND SOUTHEAST (front) AND NORTHEAST (rear) CORNER PAVILIONS
6. WEST SIDE, LOOKING NORTH. Note watertable of tile which copies original brick, a few of which remain.
7. MAIN ENTRY, SOUTH (FRONT) ELEVATION
8. MAIN ENTRY, PEDIMENT DETAIL. Ornament reputedly a copy of original found in attic during 1920 restoration.
9. NORTH (REAR) SIDE, ENTRY AND STAIRHALL DORMER. This dormer not original with house; note Flemish bond brickwork v.s. English bond brickwork of front and side elevations.
10. ENTRY TO NORTHWEST CORNER PAVILION. Door of northeast corner pavilion same.
11. DETAIL STUDY OF A TYPICAL CORNER PAVILION (located on southwest corner of house)
12. DETAIL STUDY: THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF WINDOW TRIM, RAKING BRICK CORNICE AND SECOND FLOOR STRINGCOURSE. (Located at northwest corner of house)
13. DETAIL STUDY: CHIMNEY, BRICK CORNICES AND ROOF OF SOUTHWEST CORNER PAVILION
14. TYPICAL WEATHER VANE OF A CORNER PAVILION. Note date, which has not been proved nor disproved.
15. TREE-LINED DRIVEWAY LEADING TO PLANTATION, FROM WEST
16. LIVE OAK TREES (QUERCUS VIRGINIANA). On driveway leading to plantation.
17. FIRST FLOOR STAIRHALL LOOKING NORTHWEST, SHOWING NORTH REAR ENTRY. It has not been determined whether this hall is original with the house.
18. FIRST FLOOR, STAIRHALL, LOOKING SOUTHWEST INTO SOUTHEAST AND NORTHWEST ROOMS. Note paneled jambs of opening to southeast room.
19. FIRST FLOOR, STAIRHALL (north part of house): STAIR DETAIL
20. FIRST FLOOR, SOUTHEAST ROOM, NORTH (right) AND WEST WALLS. All woodwork is ca. 1800.
21. FIRST FLOOR, SOUTHEAST ROOM, NORTH WALL: CA. 1800 MANTLE
22. FIRST FLOOR, SOUTHEAST ROOM: ENTRY FROM SOUTH
23. FIRST FLOOR, SOUTHEAST ROOM: CORNICE DETAIL. The paneled wall below is part of chimneypiece.
24. FIRST FLOOR, NORTHEAST ROOM, SOUTH WALL
25. FIRST FLOOR, NORTHEAST ROOM, SOUTH WALL: MANTLE DETAIL
26. FIRST FLOOR, SOUTHWEST ROOM (DINING ROOM), NORTH WALL. Shell cupboard is ca. 1930. Cornice, chimneypiece and door are ca. 1800.
27. FIRST FLOOR, SOUTHWEST ROOM (DINING ROOM), NORTH WALL: MANTLE (ca. 1800)
28. FIRST FLOOR, SOUTHWEST ROOM (DINING ROOM), NORTH WALL: CORNICE DETAIL (at intersection of wall and chimneypiece)
29. FIRST FLOOR, SOUTHWEST CORNER PAVILION, LOOKING NORTHEAST
30. SECOND FLOOR, NORTHEAST ROOM, SOUTH WALL. Bolection mold fireplace surround probably original with house and only remaining one thus. Note bolection panel molds on raised-panel door, also probably original with house.
31. SECOND FLOOR, NORTHWEST ROOM, SOUTH WALL. Three raised-panel doors with bolection panel molds, all probably original with house.
32. SECOND FLOOR, SOUTHWEST ROOM, NORTH WALL. Flat-panel door is ca. 1800. The raised-panel door is probably original with house. Also note mantle.
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