Images of America
McClellanville
and the St. James
Santee Parish
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A Creekside village established in 1858 on land formally inhabited by Sewee Indians, McClellanville began as a summer resort for nearby planter families escaping malarial mosquitoes. It is now a fishing village with an artistic climate amid restored Victorian properties. The larger St. James Santee Parish retains historic rice plantations and other landmarks of Colonial America and the antebellum South. Both Parish and village are protected from coastal sprawl by the maritime forest and estuaries of Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge, Francis Marion National Forest, and Santee Coastal Reserve. Inside this book are images of the villagers named McClellan, Morrison, Leland, Lofton, and Graham, as well as famous parishioners , Jonathan Lucas, Eiza Lucas Pinckney, Archibald Rutledge, David Doar, and Thomas Pinckney. Dupree house, the town's oldest residence, is shown, plus other historic village homes and churches, along with Fairfield Plantation, Hampton Plantation (now a state park), and other Parish plantations and sites.
Susan Hoffer McMillan is the author of three Arcadia histories of coastal South Carolina and a part-time village resident. McClellanville's native son, Seldon Baker "Bud" Hill, founding director of the Village Museum and editor of its Origins newsletter, joins McMillan in creating this treasury for all who have lived in or visited McClellanville or St. James Santee Parish and for others interested in this distinctive part of the Lowcountry.
The Images of America series celebrates the history of neighborhoods, towns, and cities across the country. Using archival photographs, each title presents the distinctive stories from the past that shaped the character of the community today. Arcadia is proud to play a part in the preservation of local heritage, making history available to all.
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