Brookgreen Gardens

Brookgreen Gardens was incorporated on July 13, 1931 by Archer Milton Huntington and Anna Hyatt Huntington of New York City. Archer Huntington was an industrialist, scholar and founder of several cultural institutions. His wife Anna Hyatt Huntington was an award-winning sculptor. The property, originally purchased by the Huntingtons as a winter retreat, incorporated four historic plantation properties in the Georgetown County, South Carolina near Murrells Inlet. The purpose of incorporating Brookgreen Gardens was to create an outdoor exhibit of American figurative sculpture, a revolutionary concept in museum display for the time period, and a preserve of native flora and fauna of the Southeast. Since its original creation, its mission has been expanded to include preservation of historic sites on the property and to preserve the culture of the English, Scots-Irish, French Huguenots and African slave/Gullah culture. The property today encompasses 9,000 acres in Georgetown County, including Huntington Beach State Park and a portion of Sandy Island.

From the description of Brookgreen Gardens photographs, 1936-1937. (Clemson University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 429913692

Sculpture garden, Murrells Inlet, S.C.

Est. 1931 by Archer Huntington and his wife, sculptor Anna Hyatt-Huntington. The garden features the work of American figurative sculptors from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, as well as Southeastern flora and fauna.

From the description of Brookgreen Gardens, S.C. : acoustiguide tour of the sculpture garden, 1971. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122595157