South Carolina Plantation
| Royal (roi 'el) adj. Superior in quality or size, stately. The Mont Royal Plantation, home of the Mains, is exactly that. The perfect picture of a Southern Plantation, as anyone would have deamt it up themselves. The elegance of this places has shared in love, joy, sorrow, pain, suffering, bad moods, good moods, gentleman and ladies. It has seen many hellos, good byes, guests, callers, and visiters. It is places like Mont Royal which make you say "I want to live at a place like that". With its sweeping porch and high towers with a roman look, it takes your breath away. |
| Boone Hall Plantation (Mont Royal in the series) "Americas Most Photographed Plantation" Built in the early 1700s by Major John Boone, Boone Hall
was originally part of a cotton plantation covering more than 17,000 acres. Two hundred years later, it was the world's largest
pecan grove producer. The original estate house, cotton gin, slave cabins, smokehouse, formal gardens, and some of
Charlestons' historic structures were built with brick and tile handmade on the plantation. Many of these buildings are listed on
the National Register of Historic Places. Huge Spanish live oak trees line the half-mile entrance to the plantation, planted over
250 years ago by Captain Thomas Boone. Several films and motion pictures have been made on the estate, including the North
and South television mini-series. The plantation estate includes a library, period antiques, and guided tours. A restaurant and gift
shop are located in the cotton gin house. The plantation is located just six miles north of Charleston, S.C. on Highway 17.
Boone Hall Plantation |
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