Ashley River	Ashley River Road	Fort Bull	Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Trestle	Drayton Hall
Magnolia Gardens House	Magnolia Gardens	Runnymede	Runnymede Schoolhouse	Middleton Place
Middleton Place Aerial View	The Laurels	The Laurels Caretaker's House	Old Dorchester State Park	Old Dorchester State Park St. George Church Tower
Map of the Ashley River Historic District

The Ashley River Historic District is a diverse collection of fifty-one historic, archaeological, and cultural properties including and associated with an approximately thirteen mile section of the Ashley River in Charleston and Dorchester Counties. The district includes houses, slave cabins, and other associated outbuildings, several of them preserved and open to the public; agricultural properties such as ricefields and a rice mill; landscape features such as gardens and a nursery; a collection of archaeological sites spanning the seventeenth through early twentieth centuries; transportation related properties such as a road and railroad trestle; and military properties such as fortifications. Several plantations are also included in the district (Drayton Hall and Middleton Place), as well as a schoolhouse and several underwater maritime sites. Architectural styles within the district include Colonial Revival, Georgian, Craftsman and Jacobean. The Ashley River itself is also listed in the nomination for its historic and cultural significance as a focal point for early settlement in the area, as a transportation route, and for its influence on life in South Carolina since 1670. Known as the Kiawah River by Native Americans, the river was named by the English for Lord Anthony Ashley Cooper. The Ashley River is only thirty miles long from its headwaters in Dorchester County to its mouth in Charleston Harbor. Listed in the National Register September 12, 1994.

View a map showing the boundaries of the Ashley River Historic District.