There will be no house tours on Thursday, September 28, 2023. We apologize for the inconvenience.
The bridge on Sardis Road over the Tyger River is closed and may affect some visitors' travel to the site. Please plan accordingly.
Space on house tours is limited. Reservations are strongly encouraged. Call 864-427-5966 to reserve a spot.
Grounds: 9 a.m.- 6 p.m., daily
House Tours: Friday - Monday at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. and Thursday at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Access to the mansion is only available on a guided tour.
The Voices of the Ancestors program is available every Thursday at 1 p.m.
Grounds tours available upon request.
Museum Store: Open 10 minutes before and after each tour.
Open 10 minutes before and after each tour.
Grounds are free. House tours and grounds tours are $10 for adults; $6 for SC Seniors; $5 for children ages 6-15; children age 5 and under are free.
Pets are allowed in most outdoor areas provided they are kept under physical restraint or on a leash not longer than six feet.
**Our Ultimate Outsider stamp is located at the park kiosk near the parking area.
Debates swirled around slavery and divided the nation during William Henry Gist’s term as governor of South Carolina (1858-1860). These debates reached a turning point with anti-slavery presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln’s election, causing Governor Gist to declare: “The only alternative left, in my judgment, is the secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union.”
Today, Rose Hill Plantation State Historic Site is a place to learn about important themes and key events in South Carolina’s history: the cotton boom and its collapse, secession and Civil War, slavery and sharecropping, emancipation and the fight for civil rights and Reconstruction and its violent overthrow.
The site provides visitors with opportunities to discover these significant stories through the perspectives of people who lived at Rose Hill, including William Henry Gist and his family, enslaved people, freedpeople and tenant farmers.
Things to do at Rose Hill include touring one of the best preserved plantation homes of the South, walking the historic landscaped grounds and exploring an original brick kitchen. The site also includes short hiking trails through the forest and to the Tyger River.
Programs and special events are held at Rose Hill year-round. Find something that interests you! Don’t miss the other historic plantations South Carolina has to offer!
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