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Magnolia Plantation and Gardens

   


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(10 miles [16.1 kilometers] NW via S.C. 61. +1 843 571 1266. Adm. fee) Held by the Drayton family for more than 300 years, this estate prides itself on its 50 acres [20.2 hectares] of meticulously landscaped gardens. The cottage, which displays family heirlooms, was built on the ruins of an earlier plantation house burned by Sherman’s troops.








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