One of the most beautiful plantation houses in Charleston is the Boone Hall Plantation. This stately home is open to the public for tours. You can visit the house, buildings, and gardens. Step inside and you will feel like putting on a hoop skirt and calling out, "Rhet, where are you."

Thomas Stone built Boone Hall in 1681. One of the many people who owed the house was Major John Boone, for whom the house was named. It served as a private plantation for many years. Eventually everyone moved out, leaving the beauty to fade away. But in 1934, the McRae family purchased the home and set about restoring her to her former glory. In 1959, they opened it to the public for tours. The family still owns the plantation.

The plantation used to produce cotton and pecans. Today, they produce strawberries, tomatoes, and pumpkins, among others. Today, you can pick your own produce or purchase it from one of the stands. It stands as the oldest working plantation in the nation.

You can tour the first level of the house, and you do have to take a tour to be in the house. The rooms are beautifully decorated with the family’s antiques and personal items. The first room you walk into is the family room, and it is huge. Walking around, you get a feel for what the life of a wealthy plantation owner must have been life. The guides are dressed in period costumes. Some of the guides that were there were high-school students. They offer students a chance to work in the summer, but you must have high grades in order to work here. The tours of the house last about 30 minutes.

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We were somewhat disappointed in the Boone Hall tour. It is a beautiful house, but it was only built in the early 1930s. Also, we were only allowed to see three rooms on the ground floor. They did not allow us upstairs, which I could have understood if someone had been living in them, but no one lives in the house anymore. The gardens could have been very beautiful, but they were somewhat neglected. We felt the advertising for the plantation was somewhat misleading although not technically inaccurate. For what you actually got to see, I thought it was overpriced.

Gone With The Wind, The North and the South, and Queen were all filmed at the same location: Boone Hall Plantation in Mt. Pleasant, SC. Although open for tours, it is still a 738-acre working farm with orchards and crops. Lofty limbs of live oak trees covered with Spanish moss form a canopy over the long driveway approaching the main house as seen in Twelve Oaks in GWTW and Mt Royal in the N&S. The present mansion, built in 1946, is nothing like the one that was there before the Civil War. The former one was not much better than the slave quarters that are still in place next to the driveway. The plantation dates back to 1681.

Several tours are offered. We took the wagon ride tour around the grounds. People are allowed to pick their own fruits and vegetables in the orchards and fields. We went into a wooded area on a dirt road and saw an old building that had been used as the general store in the N&S. Other scenes in that movie were pointed out. The driver explained the term low country. It means places where swamps are present in the wooded areas. That area was definitely low country. Wampancheone Creek, a tributary of the Cooper River, runs through the property. Before the Civil War, cotton and rice were floated by barge down that tidal waterway to Charleston.

Bricks were produced at Boone Hall Plantation before the Civil War and many famous buildings in Charleston were made from them. The slave quarters at Boone Hall were also built from their own brick. They were used in several scenes in N&S and Queen. A Gullah lady was making a sweet grass basket near the slave quarters. She had several for sale. I bought one with a handle that was made to look like an antique serving dish. She said all the materials used in her baskets were grown right there on the plantation.

The former cotton gin house is now used as a restaurant. We decided to have lunch there. They offer low country cooking, good but a little pricey. Few scenes were shot in the main house. Many were filmed on the porch in front. It was exciting to sit there waiting for our tour to go through. > Gone With The Wind, The North and the South and Queen were all filmed at the same location, Boone Hall Plantation in Mt. Pleasant, SC. Although opened for tours, it is still a 738-acre working farm with orchards and crops. Lofty limbs of live oak trees covered with Spanish moss form a canopy over the long driveway approaching the main house as seen in Twelve Oaks in GWTW and Mt Royal in the N&S. The present mansion, built in 1946, is nothing like the one that was there before the Civil War. The former one was not much better than the slave quarters that are still in place next to the driveway. The plantation dates back to 1681.

Several tours are offered. We took the wagon ride tour around the grounds. People are allowed to pick their own fruits and vegetables in the orchards and fields. We went into a wooded area on a dirt road and saw an old building that had been used as the general store in the N&S. Other scenes in that movie were pointed out. The driver explained the term low country. It means places where swamps are present in the wooded areas. That area was definitely low country. Wampancheone Creek, a tributary of the Cooper River, runs through the property. Before the Civil War, cotton and rice were floated by barge down that tidal waterway to Charleston.

Bricks were produced at Boone Hall Plantation before the Civil War and many famous buildings in Charleston were made from them. The slave quarters at Boone Hall were also built from their own brick. They were used in several scenes in N&S and Queen. A Gullah lady was making a sweet grass basket near the slave quarters. She had several for sale. I bought one with a handle that was made to look like an antique serving dish. She said all the materials used in her baskets were grown right there on the plantation.

The former cotton gin house is now used as a restaurant. We decided to have lunch there. They offer low country cooking, good but a little pricey. Few scenes were shot in the main house. Many were filmed on the porch in front. It was exciting to sit there waiting for our tour to go through. The North and The South is one of my favorite movies. I could imagine Patrick Swayze gallantly riding up on a fine horse. Also offered is a tour of the antique rose garden on the side of the house. The North and the South is one of my favorite movies. I could imagine Patrick Swayze gallantly riding up on a fine horse. Also offered is a tour of the antique rose garden on the side of the house.

Just across the bridge from Isle of Palm on Hwy 17. Worth going to see, especially if you're a Gone With the Wind fan. North and South was also shot here and around Charleston. Beautiful grounds, and they have their own restauraunt. There's also a great souvenir shop. It's filled with history and is very interesting for all!

The tour traces the history to a 1681 land grant to Major John Boone. Originally a cotton plantation, it also produced bricks and tiles. Original buildings include the circular smokehouse, the lime and oyster shell(tabby) foundation of the dock and nine brick slave cabins. The mansion was rebuilt in 1935 using bricks,woodwork and flooring from the earlier house. One of the most impressive features is a half-mile entry drive draped with moss-covered oaks planted in 1743. Formal gardens overflow with roses, camellias, and azaleas. There are homemade Southern specialties at the Plantation Kitchen Restaurant. You will also see horses grazing in paddocks. A Southern belle takes you on a guided tour of the first floor of the mansion, describing the home's antique furnishings.