Colonial Dorchester State Historic Site
Colonial Dorchester State Historic Site sits along the Ashley River, near the town of Summerville in Dorchester County, South Carolina. In 1969, the site was donated to the South Carolina State Park Service and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 2, 1969. Currently the site of a 325-acre park, Old Dorchester State Park offers visitors a glimpse into South Carolina's Colonial past. The park boasts one of the most well-preserved oyster-shell tabby forts in the country, St. George's Bell Tower, log shipping wharves, burial sites and cemeteries, as well as on-going archaeological digs that are still unearthing the settlement's history.
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Colonial Dorchester State Historic Site
Colonial Dorchester State Historic Site sits along the Ashley River, near the town of Summerville in Dorchester County, South Carolina. In 1969, the site was donated to the South Carolina State Park Service and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 2, 1969. Currently the site of a 325-acre park, Old Dorchester State Park offers visitors a glimpse into South Carolina's Colonial past. The park boasts one of the most well-preserved oyster-shell tabby forts in the country, St. George's Bell Tower, log shipping wharves, burial sites and cemeteries, as well as on-going archaeological digs that are still unearthing the settlement's history.
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Colonial Dorchester State Hist ...... hing the settlement's history.
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Colonial Dorchester State Historic Site
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Cemetery and ruins of the St. George Bell Tower
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Dorchester Church Tower, Dorchester Creek Junction, Summerville, Dorchester County, SC
Fort Dorchester, Dorchester Creek Junction, Summerville, Dorchester County, SC
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Colonial Dorchester State Hist ...... hing the settlement's history.
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