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Otranto Plantation

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

From the record

“Otranto Plantation is a historic plantation house located in Hanahan, Berkeley County, South Carolina. It was built before 1778, and is a 1 1/2-half story, rectangular gable-roofed stuccoed brick dwelling.”

Wikipedia article Otranto Plantation, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 26 National Register listings published here for Berkeley County · listed in 1978 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 18 Basilica Ave., Hanahan, 29410
  • When was it listed? February 1978
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Goose Creek-Hanahan
  • National Register reference number. 78003191 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

241 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 241 fires within 5 miles of Otranto Plantation between 1992 and 2020, burning about 881 acres in total. None started naturally. 57 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined89
Arson/incendiarism57
Misuse of fire by a minor45
Debris and open burning44
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Other causes1
Fireworks1
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Every fire recorded in Berkeley County

Mines and quarries near this property

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Otranto Plantation: 2 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
C G Rowland ProspectIronProspect
Truluck Pit NorthSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Truluck Pit NorthSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ware Brothers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Ware Brothers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Berkeley County

Storms near this property

15 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hanahan, the town this property stands in, in 15 storm reports between 1996 and 2017: 6 hail, 4 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2006LightningHanahan1 hurtLightning struck a vehicle on I-526 on Daniel Island. 1 injury.
June 1997Flash FloodHanahan$30,000no account filed
July 2017HailHanahan-A trained spotter reported penny sized hail on the Don Holt bridge.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindHanahan-A Charleston Naval Weapons Station employee reported a large tree down on Red Banks Road near Wilkinson Way.
June 2009Funnel CloudHanahan-A National Weather Service employee reported several funnel clouds in Red Bank Landing, near Hanahan, South Carolina.
May 2006HailHanahan-1.00 inch hail on Daniel Island.
May 2006HailHanahan-Golfball hail on Daniel Island.
July 2005Flash FloodHanahan-Cars stranded in high water.
August 2005Flash FloodHanahan-Heavy rainfall caused Turkey creek to come out of its banks onto Brookside Drive. Murray Drive and Yeamans Hall Road were also flooded.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindHanahan-Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindHanahan-power lines downed
May 2006HailHanahan-no account filed
September 2001HailHanahan-no account filed
September 1998Flash FloodHanahan-no account filed
March 1996HailHanahan-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Berkeley County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

3 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
St. James' Church, Goose Creek0.8 miles1970
Medway5.9 miles1970
Otranto Plantation Indigo Vats6.3 miles1989

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 78003191 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Berkeley CountyAll 26 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.