After more than two decades of tireless effort to protect the historic viewshed at Middleton Place through protective easements and covenants, the final piece of a challenging preservation puzzle has finally fallen into place. In June, The Ryland Group, Inc. recorded the final conservation easement covering the last half-mile of riverfront, and thus completing the protection of the two mile viewshed of the Middleton Place National Historic Landmark, included in 1995 on the National Trust’s Eleven Most Endangered Properties list.

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