{"id":1667,"slug":"frampton-house-yemassee-south-carolina","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["Frampton is the burned — the 'Sherman's march' that's the '65 torched, the 'rebuilt '68' that's the farmhouse rose. The 'secession signed' is the paid — the 'Ordinance' that's the Frampton's name, the 'house burned' that's the signature's cost. The 'earthworks dug' is the kept — the 'Lee ordered' that's the trenches' maker, the 'railroad guarded' that's the mounds' purpose.","The 'King's Grant' is the old — the '1700s' that's the land's start, the 'The Hill' that's the highest named. The 'truck stop' is the escaped — the 'bulldozed planned' that's the '80s threat, the 'donated '93' that's the tourism's save. Frampton is the layered — the 'Carolina Gold' that's the wealth's crop, the 'enslaved grew' that's the labor's truth.","The file keeps Frampton: the burned house, the signed secession, the kept trenches, and the saved oaks.","Frampton House is the archive's South Carolina file — the secessionist's rebuilt farmhouse."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["Frampton House is the archive's South Carolina file — where a secession signature cost a house.","A farm keeps its trenches — the file's suggestion being that Frampton's hold is the survived: the 'Sherman burned' that's the price paid, the 'Lee dug' that's the earthworks kept, and the 'truck stop dodged' that's the late save."]}],"name":"Frampton House","aliases":["Frampton Plantation House","Lowcountry Visitor Center and Museum"],"type":"HISTORIC_HOUSE_MUSEUM","type_label":"Historic House Museum","cats":["HAUNTING"],"groups":["hauntings","institutions"],"desc":"Restored farmhouse and visitor center with apparition reports.","full_desc":"Frampton House is a historic house museum in Yemassee, South Carolina. Restored farmhouse and visitor center with apparition reports. John Frampton rebuilt the house in 1868 after wartime destruction. The operator dates donation to the tourism commission to December 1993; offices and museum now occupy the building. Reported lore and claims include: The chamber reports an older woman in the parlor and a girl on the stairs.","address":null,"city":"Yemassee","county":"Jasper County","state":"South Carolina","postal":null,"region":"South","lat":32.693524,"lon":-80.872604,"coord_kind":"CITY","status":"ACTIVE","access":"PUBLIC","access_notes":null,"ownership":null,"website":"https://southcarolinalowcountry.com/frampton-plantation-house/","phone":null,"year_built":1868,"year_opened":null,"year_closed":null,"year_demolished":null,"designation":null,"current_use":null,"research_notes":"Donation date conflict: operatorDecember 1993 versus Jasper Chamber 1991. Exact street address not verified in opened operator page.","stage":"SOURCE_RESEARCH","quality":{"level":"MEDIUM","score":66.9,"dims":{"location_confidence":0.75,"identity_confidence":0.85,"historical_confidence":0.8,"source_quality":0.8,"paranormal_claim_provenance":0.8,"coordinate_confidence":0,"current_access_confidence":0.7,"freshness":0.65}},"claims":[{"id":877,"type":"APPARITION","description":"The chamber reports an older woman in the parlor and a girl on the stairs. Frampton House in Yemassee, South Carolina carries the report the way old places do — as part of its identity. It's a reported experience — real to the people who had it, unresolved for everyone else. The report is preserved in sources like 'Ghostly Tales from Jasper County, SC'. It is the sighting the place is known for, and it hasn't stopped.","evidence":"REPORTED_EXPERIENCE","evidence_label":"Reported experience","entity":null,"where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.65,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Ghostly Tales from Jasper County, SC","url":"https://jaspersc.org/2024/09/ghostly-tales-from-jasper-county-sc/","publisher":"Jasper County Chamber of Commerce","type":"TOURISM","authority":3},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[{"description":"John Frampton rebuilt the house in 1868 after wartime destruction. The operator dates donation to the tourism commission to December 1993; offices and museum now occupy the building. Frampton House's past is on record — the entry belongs to the verified layer beneath whatever lore attaches. It's verified history: the dossier's load-bearing detail. Sources including 'Frampton Plantation House' carry the record. The entry's timeline holds it; the lore holds the rest.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":null,"date_end":null,"confidence":null,"source":{"name":"Frampton Plantation House","url":"https://southcarolinalowcountry.com/frampton-plantation-house/","publisher":"Lowcountry and Resort Islands Tourism Commission","type":"OFFICIAL_SITE","authority":2}}],"legends":[],"entities":[],"events":[],"investigations":[],"encounters":[],"media":[],"persons":[],"visitor":{"opening_hours":"Daily 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m.","public_restroom":"Public restrooms listed.","last_verified_at":"2026-09-14T10:36:21+00:00","source":{"name":"Frampton Plantation House","url":"https://southcarolinalowcountry.com/frampton-plantation-house/","publisher":"Lowcountry and Resort Islands Tourism Commission","type":"OFFICIAL_SITE","authority":2}},"sources":[{"name":"Ghostly Tales from Jasper County, SC","url":"https://jaspersc.org/2024/09/ghostly-tales-from-jasper-county-sc/","publisher":"Jasper County Chamber of Commerce","type":"TOURISM","authority":3},{"name":"Frampton Plantation House","url":"https://southcarolinalowcountry.com/frampton-plantation-house/","publisher":"Lowcountry and Resort Islands Tourism Commission","type":"OFFICIAL_SITE","authority":2}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":1,"history":1,"legends":0,"entities":0,"sources":2}}