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The FRAMPTON HOUSE
 The "Frampton House" property was part of an original King's Grant to the Frampton family in the 1700s. In 1865, General Sherman's troops burned the plantation house and all the farm buildings that stood on this site. In 1868, John Frampton rebuilt the present charming Lowcountry farmhouse and continued to work the land
Allee of Oaks -- Tomotly Plantation
 

We are proud to be awarded a State of South Carolina

Honor Award.  To celebrate successful and exemplary historic preservation projects around the Palmetto state. 

Stoney Creek Battery, Beaufort County
Point South KOA & William C. Olendorf, Jr.

In the summer of 1991, a highway widening project on U.S. 17/21 in Beaufort County threatened to destroy a significant portion of the Stoney Creek Battery.  The Battery was constructed by the Confederate Army under the supervision of General Robert E. Lee to protect a stretch of the Savannah/Charleston Railroad.  Local resident William Olendorf recognized the threat and contacted the South Carolina Department of Highways and Public Transportation about the possibility of re-routing the proposed lanes.  After initial rejection from the highway department, Olendorf rallied local historians and preservationists to take up the cause for preserving the battery.  He also alerted the South Carolina Department of Archives and History that federal funds were used to purchase the right-of-way for the project.  This meant that Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act applied to the project, and SCDAH began consultation with the highway department.  Ultimately the project was re-designed to avoid the Stoney Creek Battery.  Olendorf went a step further, working with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources to have Stoney Creek Battery designated a heritage preserve under the Heritage Trust program.

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