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Description and History of Ashtabula and Woodburn Historic Houses located in the town of Pendleton, SC in Anderson County
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Woodburn PlantationPendleton, SC
Built c. 1830 by Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
(1789 -1865) who occupied the house only in the summers to escape the heat and malaria of summers on the coast.
Sold to Rev. John B. Adger 1850 who added the double piazza to house and expanded the farm to over 1,200 acres.
Owned by members of the Adger family as a summer house until 1911.
Clemson University acquired in 1930’s after US Government acquired ~150 area farms in in foreclosure.
Pendleton Historic Foundation acquired it in 1966 along with 11 acres to restore and preserve it.
Before restoration by
Pendleton Historic Foundation
In 1970’s
Entertaining Level
2nd Floor with 5 bedrooms
3rd Floor
Sleeping Dormitory
The farm was over 1,200 acres when owned by the
Adger family with many out-buildings. Prior to Civil
War there were ~ 30 slaves working the farm.
Slave / Tennant CabinExact replica of cabin in which
Jane Edna Hunter was born at Woodburn in
1882. She moved to Cleveland, OH to found the
Phyllis Wheatley Society.
Remains of paved
flint rock road
looking back at the
house.
Walking Trail following route of flick
rock road to cistern &
ruins of barns and
outbuildings.
Pendleton Historic Foundation
Pendleton, SC
2nd story with
4 bedrooms
1st floor with 4 rooms
with center hallway
Plantation kitchen in
dependency
House originally
Had only 2 rooms
on each floor.
• Original colonial period 4-story building c.1790 operated as
travelers tavern until early 1820’s
•Main house begun in 1825 by Lewis Ladson Gibbs and his wife Maria
Drayton Gibbs but both died before house completed.
•Farm operated by their son Lewis Reeves Gibbs, renowned naturalist
who assisted Audubon in SC.
•House later owned by the Broyles and Latta families. Maine house
expended from two-rooms over two rooms to four over four rooms.
•The plantation was operated by about 30 slaves.
•Owned by Adger-Bowen family during Civil War
After Civil War, the farm became known for its Jersey cattle.
Christmas at AshtabulaAnnual Reenactment
Pendleton Historic FoundationPendleton, SC
864-646-7249