White Hall Plantation House Ruins and Oak Avenue, Archaeological site with plantation ruins in Jasper County, South Carolina.
White Hall Plantation House Ruins and Oak Avenue near Ridgeland, Jasper County, consists of the ruins of a brick house with tabby wings, twin tabby flanking outbuildings, and a tabby retaining wall. A massive double avenue of oaks, planted in the late 18th or early 19th century, frames the site.
White Hall's brick plantation house was built between 1771 and 1776, then enlarged between 1786 and 1791. It burned about 1870 and was neither renovated nor occupied afterward. The site, including its tabby wings and outbuildings, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.
The buildings here mix brick and tabby construction in ways that show how plantation builders combined different materials available in the area. The way structures and landscape work together reveals early design choices that shaped how people lived on such properties.
The site spreads across about 25 acres near South Carolina Highway 336, west of Ridgeland. Since the property is privately owned, visitors need to arrange access permission before coming.
The double oak avenue may date from the late 18th or early 19th century, so its planting cannot be tied to the house's 1771–1776 construction. The trees line the approach to ruins that include twin tabby outbuildings and a tabby retaining wall, all listed on the National Register in 2000.
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