Charles Pinckney National Historic Site

Civil Rights at Charles Pinckney National Historic Site. A delegate from South Caroline, Pinckney was a principal drafter and signer of the US Constitution and sent his life in public service.

Colonel Charles Pinckney Cenotaph

The cenotaph at Snee Farm is a replica of one that Governor Charles Pinckney had made for his father, Colonel Charles Pinckney, which was originally at Snee Farm but was later moved to Christ Church in Mount Pleasant. The replica was placed by Thomas and Alexandra Stone, who owned the farm from 1943 until the 1960s.

• a rectangular marble slab that measures 5.5 feet high by 2.5 feet wide. It has a large, bas-relief urn flanked by arching willows in the upper half. The first three lines of the inscription on the slab are split vertically by the urn and read “Parri Dilecto, Carolo Pinckney, Ob. 22d Sept. 1782 Aetat 52.” Below the urn is the rest of the inscription, which reads, What is grandeur! What is power! / Heavier toil! Superior pain! / What the bright reward of gain? / The grateful memory of the good / Sweet is the breath of vernal show’rs / The bees collected creature sweet / Sweet Music’s folk but sweeter yet / The still small voice of GRATITUDE / The generous spark for ever live / Teach me to Love, and to forgive / Exact my own defeats to scan / What others are to feel and know / My son A MAN / In grateful memory of an affectionate / Father this Stone is raised by his Son / Charles Pinckney, Anno Domini / 1785.

Enslaved Village at Snee Farm

The Enslaved Village at Snee Farm consists of the archeological remains of four structures from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It is located along the trail system. Archeology conducted here provides evidence that the enslaved worked under the task system of labor, which provided them some degree of autonomy.

• Four brick rectangles clustered together outline the sizes of structures discovered through archeology. One measures 8 x 10 feet. Another measures 16 x 20 feet. The area is set in a small clearing with trees surrounding on two sides. The trail system runs through the enslaved village sit.

Snee Farm Barn

The Snee Farm barn was built around 1943 by owners Thomas and Alexandra Stone to stable riding horses. It is found in a clearing northwest of the house in a clearing at the property’s northwest corner and is accessed by a gravel service road.

• A two-story, seven-bay-by-three-bay, wood-frame, ten-stall horse barn that measures 63 feet long by 51 feet wide. The barn has a shed-roof lean-to on the north elevation and a shed-roof breezeway supported by nine wood posts spanning the full width of the south elevation. The wood posts rest on brick and concrete block piers. The main block has a standing-seam metal-clad, side-gable roof pierced by a projecting gable in the center of the south slope and a square louvered cupola with a pyramidal roof at the center ridgeline. The walls are covered with wood clapboards and rest on a brick and concrete block foundation.

Snee Farm Corn Crib

The Snee Farm Corn Crib (circa 1910) is located near the Snee Farm Barn in a clearing in the northwest corner of the park grounds. It is closed to the public. The building represents the later agricultural use of the site.

• A one-story, platform-framed structure with a standing-seam metal-clad, end-gable roof. It measures 13 feet long by 18 feet wide. The side walls splay slightly out at the top, creating a semi-pentagonal outline, and are supported by brick piers and a poured concrete slab foundation. The east and west walls are covered with wood clapboards, and the north and south elevations are covered with gapped horizontal 1-x-6-inch boards that allow for airflow through the building. Wood louvers are in the gable peaks on the east and west ends.

Snee Farm Grand Allée

Charles Pinckney National Historic Site Visitor Center

• Charles Pinckney National Historic Site Visitor Center
• A historic Lowcountry cottage house serves as the park's visitor center. Visitors can enjoy museum exhibits, film options, Jr. Ranger program, and obtain park and local area information and orientation. Property owner William Mathews constructed the house ca. 1828 on the foundations of the Pinckney house. The house retained its characteristics through subsequent owners until Thomas Ewing bought Snee Farm in 1936. Thomas and Anna Ewing added two one-story rear (north) wings in 1936.