William Seabrook House, Federal plantation house in Charleston County, United States.
The William Seabrook House is a two-and-a-half-story wooden building with dormers, a raised brick basement, and double-tiered porches supported by slender columns. The structure reflects the plantation house style of the early republic period and commands the landscape with its clear architectural composition.
Built in 1810 for cotton planter William Seabrook, the house initially served as the plantation's administrative center and residence. Following the Civil War, it provided shelter to freed slaves.
The house displays early 19th-century craftsmanship through iron stair railings marked with the owner's initials and semi-elliptical fanlights above the doors. These details reflect the taste and skilled work of the plantation owners of that era.
The property sits off Steamboat Landing Road Extension near Steamboat Creek and remains in private ownership today. Visiting requires permission from the current property owner in advance.
Local tradition links architect James Hoban, who designed the White House in Washington, to this house's creation. This connection is passed down in the region despite being difficult to verify.
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