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The Fenwick Hall, which is also known as Fenwick Castle, is a house built about 1730 on Johns Island, South Carolina across the Stono River from James Island and Charleston. It is located between River Road and Penneys Creek. It was named to the National Register of Historic Places on February 23, 1972.〔〔 ==History== John Fenwick, a brother of the former privateer Robert Fenwick, was from a county family in England. He acquired the plantation on the Stono River by 1721. In 1730, he built the central, rectangular portion of the house. His son, Edward Fenwick, inherited the plantation about 1750. He constructed a carriage house to the west and a stable to the east of the house. He imported and bred English thoroughbred horses for racing. He built a track nearby under the current Maybank Highway. During this period, the plantation was called ''John's Island Stud'' as described in Harrison Fairfax's book of the same name. Since Fenwick was a Tory in the Revolutionary War, the property was confiscated. Some of it was returned by legislation in 1785.〔 In 1787, the plantation was sold to Fenwick's cousin John Gibbes. At this time, the octagonal wing was added.〔〔 Daniel J. Townsend bought the property in 1840. It stayed in his family until 1876. By 1929, when the house was bought by Mr. and Mrs. Victor Morawetz from Burt Whilden, the house was in ruins. It was restored by Mr. and Mrs. Victor Morawetz with the assistance of the architects Simons and Lapham of Charleston.〔〔〔 On May 18, 1938, Mr. Morawetz died, and the house was inherited by his wife who sold it to Mr. Claude Blanchard in 1943.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fenwick Hall」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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