AKA the Cooler House, this is a historic plantation house on Saint Helena Island near Frogmore, Beaufort County, SC. It was built about 1855, and is a 2-story, vernacular frame I-House. Edward L. Pierce chose The Oaks as his HQ during the military occupation of St. Helena during the Civil War. On 6/18/1862, Ellen Murray, who had 10 days earlier arrived from PA, opened the Penn School for Freedmen in home's back room. The house served as a hotel for military personnel from Port Royal, superintendents, and teachers.
It was listed on the NRHP in 1988.
The Oaks (Frogmore, South Carolina)
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