Post on 17-Jul-2020
Buckfield Plantation: A Timber and Hunting Property
11,452 acres between Charleston, South Carolina and Savannah, Georgia
One contiguous tract, totally private, and self-maintained
Visitors to Buckfield enter into a land that appears much the same as when inhabited by Creek Indians. The
Indians came for the mild climate, abundant food and water. The white man came to farm, raise cattle and
harvest timber. Buckfield has always provided. Today, it is one of the finest hunting properties in the South
Carolina low country and contains almost twenty million dollars in standing timber. Revenue from these
resources is relatively steady and the plantation is self-sufficient. The property will appeal to investors wanting
beautiful rural property located in the fastest growing area of the Southeast.
The original house at Buckfield was substantially improved by Claude W. Kress of Kress’s Five and Dime store
chain who began assembling the property in the early 1900’s. He later built two houses near the main house
for his daughters; one is pictured below and known as the Huger House. The houses are used by members of
the plantation’s hunting club.
Improvements include equipment sheds, workman’s houses, kennels, pastures, duck impoundments, quail
and deer patches and a high fenced dove field. A building called the field house is used as a meeting place for
hunters and for storing guns, ammunition, waders, decoys and supplies.
The plantation is unencumbered by conservation easements. Substantial tax benefits may be available to a buyer willing to protect it from future development.
Main House and Headquarters Located Near I-95
The rice fields at Buckfield are planted and flooded annually for migratory waterfowl.
Buckfield is located on I-95, the busiest interstate in the United States. The plantation is between the historic seaports of
Charleston. South Carolina and Savannah, Georgia: the two most popular tourist destinations in the country.