Last updated: October 10, 2024
Place
Snee Farm Corn Crib
NPS
Quick Facts
Location:
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
OPEN TO PUBLIC:
No
The corn crib is located near the barn in a clearing in the northwest corner of the park. Snee Farm property owner Thomas Hamlin built the corn crib around 1910. Thomas Hamlin purchased Snee Farm from the McCants family in 1900.
The Hamlins maintained it as a working farm, producing cotton until the 1920s then shifting to market vegetables such as tomatoes, cucumbers, and snap beans. A road bridge connecting Mount Pleasant to Charleston was built in 1929 that facilitated the region’s truck farming economy. The Hamlins trucked produce to freight cars in Charleston for transport to other cities, including New York. They also kept pigs, cattle, and hogs for sale; cows for milk; and chickens for eggs.
The National Park Service has rehabilitated the corn crib in 1993 and again in 2015. The corn crib is closed to the public.
The Hamlins maintained it as a working farm, producing cotton until the 1920s then shifting to market vegetables such as tomatoes, cucumbers, and snap beans. A road bridge connecting Mount Pleasant to Charleston was built in 1929 that facilitated the region’s truck farming economy. The Hamlins trucked produce to freight cars in Charleston for transport to other cities, including New York. They also kept pigs, cattle, and hogs for sale; cows for milk; and chickens for eggs.
The National Park Service has rehabilitated the corn crib in 1993 and again in 2015. The corn crib is closed to the public.