Otranto Plantation

	Otranto Plantation
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	18 Basilica Ave., near Hanahan, South Carolina
Coordinates	32°58′4″N 80°2′23″W / 32.96778°N 80.03972°WCoordinates: 32°58′4″N 80°2′23″W / 32.96778°N 80.03972°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	c. 1778, 1934
NRHP reference No.	78003191
Added to NRHP	February 17, 1978

Otranto Plantation is a historic plantation house located in Hanahan, Berkeley County, South Carolina. It was built before 1778, and is a 1 1/2-half story, rectangular gable-roofed stuccoed brick dwelling. It has an attached colonnaded piazza, or porch, on three sides. Also on the property is a contributing small frame servants’ house.^[2]^[3]

This advertisement from 1801 includes several details about the plantation.

In 1934, the house was destroyed by a fire. The house was meticulously restored based upon photographs before the fire.

It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Otranto Plantation, Berkeley County (18 Basilica Ave., Hanahan vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
^ Elias B. Bull; Robert P. Stockton & Cathy Caffrey (August 1977). "Otranto Plantation" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places nomination. NRHP. Retrieved 25 February 2014.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[2] "Otranto Plantation, Berkeley County (18 Basilica Ave., Hanahan vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 25 February 2014.

[3] Elias B. Bull; Robert P. Stockton & Cathy Caffrey (August 1977). "Otranto Plantation" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places nomination. NRHP. Retrieved 25 February 2014.

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