Plantation Tour Finale

Saturday, April 16, 2011


Today I am sharing the last of the Plantation Home Tour photos
we took on our visit to Georgetown, SC.


These plantation homes are grand, beginning with the entrance.








This is the view from the front porch, gorgeous! 














The next home had this sweet plaque at the entrance and beautiful flowers leading up to the house.











Wicklow Hall Plantation



At Wicklow Hall, the owner graciously waits on the porch so she can greet each visitor.
She is shown in the picture below wearing blue.


Wicklow Hall Plantation






At the Oaks Plantation you'll find Mazie Brown selling her handmade sweetgrass baskets.

Oaks Plantation - Georgetown, SC Mazie Brown





Oaks Plantation




Below is the view of the drive from the front porch.




Just off the side of the house is a large pine with an eagles nest.
I wish I was able to capture a better shot of the eagle and her babies, it was amazing seeing her take off and soar...amazing!







Hopsewee Plantation

















Hope you enjoyed the tour!


29 comments:

  1. Hi Cindy,
    What a lovely tour this was!! I love old homes like that they are just so wonderful and full of history. We lived in a big old house like that when I was about 4-6 years old. They said it had been used as a hospital during the civil war, loved that old house! My Mom rented it from a old friend of my grandmothers, and it was full of this amazingly carved mahogony furniture, and the front door was so thick as a lil one I could not close it. I have wonderful memories of the fun my brother and I had living there and all the surrounding woods, and railroad tracks just less that a block away.
    Great Memories!! Unfortunately some years back
    it burned to the ground, and all we saw last were the chimney stacks that were left, which were quite a few as they had fireplaces in almost every room and it was a 2 story house.
    Sad to see it like that!! But Thank the Lord
    for Memories...............
    Your flower shots just made my heart go pitty pat, you captured them so beautifully. Those white flowers look sort of like gardenias but not the right leaves, I just looked again...
    are the oleander?? or what are they??
    The purple ones are wisteria aren't they??
    I remember that as a girl too, and what a wonderful fragrance it has,
    Thanks so much for sharing this fun post, and
    providing a trip down memory lane for me!! lol
    I will have to come back and see the first part of the tour when I have more time,
    Have a Wonderful Sunday Sweetie,
    Blessings Abundant, Nellie

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  2. So gorgeous Cindy.
    I could tour and visit old historic homes allll day long. One of my most favorite things to do. I love residential architecture and have managed to pass that on to my daughter who is 15!
    We have the best times driving around and looking at historic homes in our area.
    The southern homes have so much charm and I love your foliage down there.
    I love the south!
    Thanks for sharing.
    xox
    Alison

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  3. Wow Cindy! Those are beautiful homes and yards! I, too could get used to that view of the water. I love the picture of the owner of the home waiting to greet people--very sweet.

    Thanks for sharing.

    Pam

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  4. Such a beautiful tour. I am so glad that some of these beautiful old homes.
    Thank you so much for sharing these houses and grounds. Ginger

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  5. I love home tours. The older the house the better! These are gorgeous! So much charm, history and beauty. Thanks for sharing with us!

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  6. WE heart tours and homes, and history such as this. What a gorgeous tour..and great shots too. The one shot of the gals standing on the porch, just tickled me..that one older lady I am betting can tell some stories.

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  7. Hi Cindy, I loved going on this tour. The white house with black shutters reminds me of the home I grew up in...white with black shutters. Your photographs are wonderful.
    Linda

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  8. These homes are just beautiful! Thank you so much for the tour!


    XO,
    Jane

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  9. I can't get enough of old houses, tours, and history. This must have been a great day for you and your husband.

    Isn't great how Eagles have made a comeback? Seeing a Mama and her babies must have been a real treat.

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  10. Loved this tour...beautiful!!
    The hostess is so cute awaiting her guests :)
    Thanks for sharing!

    Deborah xo

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  11. Cindy ~ what beautiful plantation homes. I just love the moss that hangs from the trees. Fabulous photos ~ thanks for taking us along ;-)

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  12. Beautiful pictures Cindy, thanks for giving us the tour!! Martina

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  13. This place is gorgeous...thanks for taking us all along...it's been like a breath of fresh air this morning :) I'm off to see the rest of the tour that I missed...thanks for sharing and Happy SS!

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  14. I just love these grand old homes Cindy!
    The landscapes are so beautiful!

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  15. What wonderful grounds all these homes have. You were busy! Thanks for taking us along....

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  16. What a beautiful home! How lucky of you to have toured it. Even the grounds with the beautiful flowers is lovely and what a great view!...Christine

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  17. Hello Cindy, It's so nice to meet you. I enjoyed the tour much. I am headed back to see the first part. So glad that I found you and I am now a follower.
    ~ ~Ahrisha~ ~

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  18. Hi Cindy, I loved your photographs of these historic homes. My husband and I lived in Mt. Pleasant, SC for 15 years and we used to go to Georgetown on day trips. We never did the plantation tours, though. Thanks for taking me along on one!

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  19. How beautiful...so much enjoyment in touring such wonderful places with so much history of times past. I really love this type of posts with such incredible gardens and view to die for! Thank you for sharing with us.
    HUGS
    FABBY

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  20. Gorgeous outside (I'm such a historic house devotee) but waaah! no pix of the rooms inside? Sigh. But lovely grounds all the same. Hope you'll stop by and see my new French door curtain. Happy Easter. Jane

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  21. What wonderful old homes! Wicklow's porch ceiling appeared to be painted "haint blue." Love it when they paint the ceilings of the old homes that shade of blue. It must have been amazing seeing the eagle. I've only seen eagles in person once a few years back on a birding trip to Jekyll Island. Great post! Enjoyed the tour!

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  22. I love plantation tours. I enjoy the history and the beautiful grounds. I hate that I missed Natchez Pilgrimage this year because I wanted to go, but we just did not have a free weekend. Thanks so much for sharing all of these lovely homes. I have enjoyed the tour! :D

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  23. Beautiful pictures!

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  24. What a wonderful tour and such lovely homes.

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  25. I loved all the photos from your tour. How fun! I love plantations which may have to do with the fact that I grew seeing them in Puerto Rico and then moved to the South. So romantic; and this one has plenty of that. Thank you for sharing yoru wonderful photos.

    Angie @ Linen & Verbena

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  26. So sorry to be so late to visit. What a wonderful tour. Thanks for beig a part of Seasonal Sundays.

    - The Tablescaper

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  27. Lovely cyber tour. Home is beautiful and the yard is amazing.
    Joyce M

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  28. Cindy- a lovely tour...SC has some wonderful places to visit..being a Carolina girl myself I never grown tired of these sites...moss hanging from trees is my favorite!! Great pics!
    Tammy :-)
    JUNK WILD

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  29. Thank you for the wonderful tour. We have a few historic homes around here run by the state tourism dept. I volunteer just to be able to roam their halls.

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