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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Murgatroyd and Ogden Architect
1777/06/14 Benjamin Huger Host Benjamin Huger host the determined Lafayette at his summer home (lost), Hobcaw Barony, near Georgetown, South Carolina.
1777/06/14 Marquis de Lafayette Patriot Marquis de Lafayette arrives at Benjamin Huger's home (lost) "to conquer or perish" in the American fight for independence.
1905/00/00 Bernard Mannes Baruch Home Bernard M Baruch buys Hobcaw Barony between 1905 and 1907 to use as a winter hunting retreat.
1924/01/31 Cary Travers Grayson Physician As Woodrow Wilson's health declines, Dr Cary Grayson is recalled from his vacation at Hobcaw Barony in Georgetown to the Wilson home on S Street. President Woodrow Wilson's Funeral
1930/00/00 Lafaye and Lafaye Architect The red brick Hobcaw House is built in 1930 to replace the Donaldson House, which burned in December 1929.
1932/00/00 Winston Churchill Guest Barnard Baruch entertains Winston Churchill and his daughter Diana. Winston Churchill's 1932 American Tour
1944/00/00 Franklin D Roosevelt Guest In Spring 1944, President Roosevelt takes a month-long working vacation at Hobcaw House.

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Particulars for Hobcaw Barony:
Area of Significance Agriculture
Architectural Style American Colonial Revival
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Cultural Affiliation Black American
Funerary Cemetery
Area of Significance Engineering
Area of Significance Entertainment - Recreation
Criteria Exemplar
Sight Category Historic District
Area of Significance Landscape Architecture
Level of Significance National
Historic Use Outdoor recreation
Criteria Person
Owner Private
Historic Use Religious Property
Historic Use Secondary structure
Historic Use Single dwelling
Area of Significance Social History
Historic Use Sport Facility
Area of Significance Transportation



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 2nd November 1994

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Hobcaw Barony
Registry Address: Roughly bounded by US 17, Winyah and Mud Bays and Jones Cr.
Registry Number: 94001236
Resource Type: District
Theme Group: Georgetown County Rice Culture MPS
Owner: Private
Architect: Lafaye and Lafaye; Murgatroyd and Ogden
Architectural Style: Colonial revival
Area in Acres: 15680
Contributing Buildings: 42
Non-Contributing Buildings: 18
Contributing Sites: 53
Non-Contributing Sites: 1
Contributing Structures: 25
Non-Contributing Structures: 13
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Agriculture, Architecture, Engineering, Entertainment-recreation, Black, Landscape architecture, Social history, Transportation
Applicable Criteria: Event, Person, Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1700-1749, 1750-1799, 1800-1824, 1825-1849, 1850-1874, 1875-1899, 1900-1924, 1925-1949
Significant Year: 1905, 1930, 1936
Associated People: Baruch, Bernard Mannes
Historic Function: Religion, Domestic, Recreation and Culture, Funerary
Historic Sub-Function: Secondary structure, Single dwelling, Cemetery, Outdoor recreation, Religious structure, Sport facility
Current Function: Domestic, Education, Funerary, Agriculture, subsistence
Current Sub-Function: Single dwelling Secondary structure Research facility Educational related housing Cemetery Horticulture facility

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