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Bennett Rice Mill Charleston South Carolina. After the Civil War, rice planting became less profitable. By the turn of the century, the Lowcountry rice industry had all but died out. By 1911 the mill left the ownership of the Bennett family. Around 1924, the mill was converted into a peanut plant as a branch of the Planters Peanut and Chocolate Co. Ownership again changed hands to Seaboard Air Line Railroad Co. and finally to the South Carolina Ports Authority in 1958.
Damage from Hurricane Donna in September of 1960 all but demolished the mill. The Ports Authority built a steel frame to support the remaining western façade. After Hurricane Hugo in 1989, 90% of the braced façade survived.
In the 1990s, a series of restoration projects teamed local master masons with high school students to repoint the façade and repair the cracked brick arch. The Foundation continues to monitor the site, which remains one of Charleston 's architectural gems.
This ruin is located in the Charleston Port Authority. The sign on the fence said No Photographs.
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Bennett Rice Mill Charleston South Carolina. After the Civil War, rice planting became less profitable. By the turn of the century, the Lowcountry rice industry had all but died out. By 1911 the mill left the ownership of the Bennett family. Around 1924, the mill was converted into a peanut plant as a branch of the Planters Peanut and Chocolate Co. Ownership again changed hands to Seaboard Air Line Railroad Co. and finally to the South Carolina Ports Authority in 1958.
Damage from Hurricane Donna in September of 1960 all but demolished the mill. The Ports Authority built a steel frame to support the remaining western façade. After Hurricane Hugo in 1989, 90% of the braced façade survived.
In the 1990s, a series of restoration projects teamed local master masons with high school students to repoint the façade and repair the cracked brick arch. The Foundation continues to monitor the site, which remains one of Charleston 's architectural gems.
This ruin is located in the Charleston Port Authority. The sign on the fence said No Photographs.