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Middleton Place is a 65-acre rice plantation about 15 miles from Charleston across the Ashley River. The plantation was built in a few phases during the 18th and 19th centuries, and it was home to several generations of the Middleton family. Today the plantation is a National Historic Landmark District and serves as a museum.

Most of the original house was burned toward the end of the Civil War, and much was destroyed in the 1886 earthquake. Part of the plantation is the oldest landscaped garden in the country, and it follows the symmetry of 17th century European design. The garden is divided into parterres, sculpted terraces, and reflection pools with swans, surrounded by blooming camellias and azaleas.

Address: 4300 Ashley River Road, Charleston, SC 29414-7206, Phone: 843-556-6020

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