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William Seabrook was a Sea Island cotton planter and part-owner of the Edisto Island Ferry, which had a steamboat named the W. Seabrook. The house was built around 1810.
The Seabrook House, 47 Lawrence Street, c. 1850 John Archibald Seabrook is believed to be the original owner of this home, built in the 1840s-50s. These Lowcountry style homes—two-story frame weatherboard on six-foot piers.
Seabrook, who owned numerous summer homes in the lowcountry, took advantage of Seabrook’s unspoiled forests and plenteous reserves of wild game for a hunting and fishing ground. It was some 50 years later, in the midst of the Civil War, that the island again changed hands, being sold to William Gregg, who never occupied the land.
16 paź 2018 · Kiawah and Seabrook Island are only a short boat ride away. The house is a Federal-style plantation with a grand, double staircase designed by James Hoban, the architect of the White House. The main house has five bedrooms, four full baths, and two half baths.
William Seabrook bought the Island in 1816 and changed the name once again. This time to its current designation, Seabrook Island. They owned the property until the start of the Civil War. The Civil War and eventually reconstruction, changed life on Johns and Seabrook Islands.
Like historic downtown Charleston, South Carolina’s oldest city, Seabrook Island harbors its own rich history, from the Colonial era and colorful pirate tales, through Revolutionary skirmishes and the Civil War to contemporary times.
The deed to Seabrook Island has passed through many hands since the first recorded declaration in 1661, but is currently an asset under The Seabrook Island Company, a South Carolina limited partnership.
