Avenue of Oaks and Living Memory: Touring Boone Hall Plantation

Boone Hall Plantation sits on Horlbeck Creek in Mt. Pleasant where visitors can walk beneath the famed avenue of oaks and move through nine of the original 27 slave cabins—each now housing exhibits—while local historians present the Gullah experience of plantation life; the property’s house, rebuilt in 1936, and its grounds have also served as locations and inspiration for Hollywood productions from the 1939 sketch for Gone With The Wind through later shoots such as Queen, the mini-series North and South and The Notebook.

Highlights

Outing Highlights

THE HISTORY

Original Slave Cabins and Gullah Interpretation

Nine of the plantation’s original 27 slave cabins are open with exhibits in each, and local historians present the Gullah (African American) culture of plantation life, offering direct material and narrative history on site.

THE ESTATE

The Rebuilt House and the Avenue of Oaks

The original house was replaced in 1936 by a Canadian Ambassador and the rebuilt house is open for touring; the plantation’s avenue of oaks was sketched by Hollywood in 1939 for the Ashley Wilkes/Twelve Oaks setting in Gone With The Wind.

ON SCREEN

Grounds That Appeared on Film and Television

Beyond the 1939 connection to Gone With The Wind, Boone Hall has been used in later productions including Queen, the mini-series North and South, and The Notebook, making the landscape itself part of a cinematic history.

THE HISTORY

Original Slave Cabins and Gullah Interpretation

Nine of the plantation’s original 27 slave cabins are open with exhibits in each, and local historians present the Gullah (African American) culture of plantation life, offering direct material and narrative history on site.

THE ESTATE

The Rebuilt House and the Avenue of Oaks

The original house was replaced in 1936 by a Canadian Ambassador and the rebuilt house is open for touring; the plantation’s avenue of oaks was sketched by Hollywood in 1939 for the Ashley Wilkes/Twelve Oaks setting in Gone With The Wind.

ON SCREEN

Grounds That Appeared on Film and Television

Beyond the 1939 connection to Gone With The Wind, Boone Hall has been used in later productions including Queen, the mini-series North and South, and The Notebook, making the landscape itself part of a cinematic history.