AIBD member chosen to guide exclusive tour.
Less Than 50 Tickets Remain for 2018 Auldbrass Event.
Georgia Professional member and ARDA winner, James Klippel, CPBD, is one of three docents chosen to lead a special weekend-long series of tours at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Auldbrass Plantation. Jim is a 35-year Wrightian veteran. Although he declined an invitation to attend the School of Architecture at Taliesin in the 1980’s, he has continuously studied Wright and has shared his knowledge about the famed architect’s style to others around the country. Join Jim on November 9, 10 & 11, and experience Auldbrass and Jim’s long involvement with the plantation.
Auldbrass Plantation or Auldbrass is located in Beaufort County, South Carolina, near the town of Yemassee. The name is a variation of “Old Brass” which was the name given to the farmland and the local river landing. The earliest records from the farm are dated to 1736 when the farm was known as Mount Pleasant. An industrial engineer, C. Leigh Stevens, joined five parcels of land together along the Combahee River to form the plantation.
The main house, stable complex and kennels were designed and built by Frank Lloyd Wright from 1940–1951. Wright is credited with changing the name to “Auldbrass.” The plantation was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. It was purchased in 1986 by film producer Joel Silver after Donna Butler, an FLW real estate appraiser, convinced him to restore it. Auldbrass Plantation is an extraordinary example of historic preservation and is open to the public one weekend every two years, most recently November 7–8, 2015. Tours benefit the Beaufort County Open Land Trust.
The Beaufort County Open Land Trust’s Auldbrass Tours 2018 will be held Friday, November 9, Saturday, November 10 and Sunday, November 11. Daily tours to run from 8:30 am – 5:00 pm.
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