Sweet Bottom Plantation Tour

This impressive Italianate home is the only Sweet Bottom residence inspired by a historic West coast mansion. It was built in San Francisco for Henry Casebolt, a Virginia blacksmith who made his fortune in the California Gold Rush. Massive timbers salvaged from sailing ships support its four corners. The rusticated, white wood exterior was originally speckled with dark tones to mimic a stone finish over the beveled faux stone siding. The house in Sweet Bottom was used as a set in the 1991 TV movie “Carolina Skeletons” based on the prize-winning novel by David Stout and starring Louis Gossett, Jr. Sections of Sweet Bottom were also used in the movie to portray the streets of Charleston.