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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 William Seabrook House, also known as the Seabrook [2] is a plantation house built about 1810 on Edisto Island, South Carolina, United States, southwest of Charleston. [3] It is located off Steamboat Landing Road Extension (South Carolina State Highway 10-768) close to Steamboat Creek [4] about 0.7 mi (1.1 km) from Steam Boat Landing.
A guide to where we've been from here and now. The History of Seabrook
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.
William Seabrook, as part owner of the Edisto Island Ferry, bought the steamboat “W. Seabrook” which performed ferry duty among the islands south of Charleston during the early nineteenth century.
Seabrook is currently governed by an elected mayor under a typical council government system and utilizes the regulations of mandatory membership – which some will argue has stifled real estate development and home sell prices. Seabrook Island Takes Ownership for Itself
Photo, Print, Drawing William Seabrook House, County Road 768, Edisto Island, Charleston County, SC Photos ... Historic American Buildings Survey 7. NORTHWEST SIDE - William Seabrook House, County Road 768, Edisto Island, Charleston County, SC Contributor: ...
