Hopsewee

Infobox_nrhp | name =Hopsewee
nrhp_type = nhl


caption = Hopsewee Historical Marker
nearest_city= Georgetown, South Carolina
locmapin = South Carolina
area =
built =1749
architect= Unknown
architecture= Other
designated= November 11, 1971cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1150&ResourceType=Building
title=Hopsewee |accessdate=2008-03-04|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = January 25, 1971cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=71000782

Hopsewee, also known as Thomas Lynch, Jr., Birthplace or Hopsewee-on-the-Santee, is a house built in 1749 near Georgetown, South Carolina. It was the birthplace of Thomas Lynch, Jr., a signer of the Declaration of Independence.

According to the National Park Service, "the frame building, a fine example of a Carolina "low country" plantation house, shows West Indian influence, with its double-tiered piazza and dormered hip roof."

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1971.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/71000782.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Hopsewee (Thomas Lynch, Jr., Birthplace) / Hopsewee-on-the-Santee] |32 KB|date=June 4, 1971 |author=Charles W. Snell |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/71000782.pdf "Accompanying five photos, exterior and interior, from 1970 and 1971"] |32 KB]

It is located at 494 Hopsewee Road in Georgetown County, and it is located about 13 miles south of Georgetown on U.S. Highway 17, then .6 mile off, in the vicinity of North Santee, South Carolina and/or on the North Santee River.cite web|url=http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/georgetown/S10817722002/index.htm
title=Hopsewee |accessdate=2008-03-04|work=National Register Properties in South Carolina listing|publisher=South Carolina Department of Archives and History]

References

External links

* [http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/georgetown/S10817722002/index.htm Hopsewee, Georgetown County (U.S. Hwy. 17, North Santee vicinity)] , at South Carolina Department of Archives and History
* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.sc0031 Hopsewee Plantation, U.S. Routes 17 & 701, Santee River, North, Georgetown vicinity, Georgetown County, SC: 9 photos] , at Historic American Building Survey and related [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.sc0707 8 photos of Slave Quarters]