Vintage Ice House

by Norma Brandsberg

Title

Vintage Ice House

Artist

Norma Brandsberg

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Photograph - Photograph

Description

Botany bay, a South Carolina plantation, has a number of old historic sites, one of which is the old plantation ice house. Isn't this tiny building charming? Just look at the detail work on this building. It is hard to imagine the effort put into building this tiny building. Not knowing the history, when this building came into view, I was sure it was a family chapel and was very surprised to find it was originally constructed as an ice house.

Botany Bay Plantation was formed in the 1930s from the merger of the Colonial-era Sea Cloud Plantation and Bleak Hall Plantation. In 1977, it was bequeathed to the state as a wildlife preserve; it was opened to the public in 2008.

The Bleak Hall and Sea Cloud plantations remained in the Townsend family until 1933, when they were bought by Dr. James C. Greenway, part of the Lauder Greenway Family, who combined them to form Botany Bay Plantation.

One of these buildings is a 1 1/2-story icehouse, built out of wood on a partial basement with tabby walls. The building has a high gable roof oriented north-south; on the east and west sides are high triangular dormers, each with two pointed windows and a small balcony. Three-level wooden spires, topped with pendants, rise from the peaks of the gables and the dormers. The roof is slightly flared at the eaves.

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January 25th, 2019

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