![]() There are also traditional and southern style houses and mansions with large private yards, some with beach or dock access. Well-appointed villas in detached buildings on wooded lots are ideal for residents who want the condo experience and less maintenance than a large yard entails. There are vacant lots adjacent to the golf courses and along the marshes. Potential buyers have a host of price points and communities to choose from. Rosebank Farms stand on the way to Kiawah is a must for fresh caught local shrimp and Lowcountry grown produce and stone ground grits. There is even a wine bar, the aptly named “Forty Eight” for the number varieties on offer. ![]() ![]() Renowned dining awaits at Turtle Point Clubhouse, the Sanctuary, and the Atlantic Room, while there is more casual fare at Cherrywood BBQ and Vincents Soda Fountain in Freshfields, and at Bohicket Marina. There were a few cottages near the beach, and a ferry began running between Kiawah and Charleston in 1911, but the island stayed mostly undeveloped and pristine. The Vanderhorst house survived the war thanks to a mulatto overseer named Quash Stevens, while Isaac Wilson’s Shoolbred plantation was sacked by Confederates in retreat, who had “broken into the fine dwelling house and maliciously destroyed the furniture, and left the house in such a condition that it scarcely ever will be habitable for a decent family.”Īdele Vanderhorst bought the Gibbes family’s portion of Kiawah in 1900 and unified the island under single owner, for the first time since the original land grant. The troops reported that 8 elderly and young slaves lived at the plantation and would be “allowed to move into lines.” Union forces left graffiti on the house’s walls, including the phrase “truth triumphs” in Latin. On, a detachment of 100 Union troops arrived at Vanderhorst, the only working plantation left on Kiawah.
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