Basic Information

• Location – Harbor River, St. Helena Island, St. Helena Parish, Beaufort County

  Located off Seaside Road between Club Bridge Road and Ephraim Road
  

• Origin of name – ?

• Other names – Edgar Fripp House, Palmetto Hills
  

• Current status – Privately owned
  

Timeline

• ? – Earliest known date of existence

• ? – House built

Land

• Number of acres – ?

• Primary crop – Sea island cotton
  

Owners

• Alphabetical list – Edgar Fripp; Edgar Walter Fripp; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Henry
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

Buildings

• ?

Web Resources

• National Register of Historic Places
  – Nomination Form - submitted in 1979 by Michele Barovsky and Cynthia Cole - requires Adobe Reader
  – Photographs, architectural overview
  

Print Resources

• Initial references: 33

• Porcher, Richard Dwight and Sarah Fick. The Story of Sea Island Cotton. Charleston: Wyrick & Company, 2005.
  

Contact Information

• Telephone: ?

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