Medway Plantation

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Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Dating to 1686, the main house is the oldest masonry structure in South Carolina. It was rebuilt in 1704, had substantial additions made in 1855, and was completely renovated in 1929. Approximately 6,728 acres of lakes, woods, and trails. Among the notable owners included one of Carolina's first Governors, Landgrave Thomas Smith II.

In 1929 Gertrude Legendre (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Sanford_Legendre} purchased the estate with her husband Sidney. Gertrude was a socialite, big game hunter, and the first American woman to be captured in France during World War II and was a POW for six months then escaped. She was in France working for the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) which was the predecessor of the Central Intelligence Agency. Following WWII she established the Medway Plan to provide medical help to countries devastated by the war.

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