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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 b...

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