Beneventum Plantation House, originally known as Prospect Hill Plantation, is a historic

plantation house A plantation house is the main house of a plantation, often a substantial farmhouse, which often serves as a symbol for the plantation as a whole. Plantation houses in the Southern United States and in other areas are known as quite grand and e ...

located near Georgetown,

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. It was built about 1750, and is a two-story, five bay,

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style house. It features a one-story

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across the center two-thirds of the façade. The rear half of the house was added about 1800, with further rear additions made probably early-20th century. It was the home of

Christopher Gadsden Christopher Gadsden (February 16, 1724 – August 28, 1805) was an American politician who was the principal leader of the South Carolina Patriot movement during the American Revolution. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress, a brigadier ...

, a prominent statesmen and soldier of the American Revolution, the originator of the “ Don’t Tread on Me” flag, and

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leader in the early national period. It was listed on the

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in 1988. It is now a private residence with no visitation. There is a state historical marker on the public right of way on Beneventum Road.

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* Plantation houses in South Carolina Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina Houses completed in 1750 Georgian architecture in South Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Georgetown County, South Carolina Houses in Georgetown County, South Carolina {{GeorgetownCountySC-NRHP-stub