Pollinator Week 2024: Pollinator Habitat at the Hutchinson House
June 19, 2024
This year for Pollinator Week (6/17 – 6/23) we’re doing a 7-part series about native pollinators on Edisto Island! The Hutchinson House is an iconic...
Hutchinson House Director & Story Telling Team Announced
September 5, 2023
As the Edisto Island Open Land Trust (EIOLT) prepares for the final phase of restoration of the historic Hutchinson House on Edisto Island in October,...
Mellon Foundation Awards Transformational Grant to EIOLT
April 5, 2023
Rendering of final restoration by architect Simons Young FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Mellon Foundation Awards Transformational Grant to the Edisto Island Open Land Trust The Edisto...
A Triumph for Edisto’s Heritage
May 26, 2022
We have wonderful news to share! The $275,000 fundraising goal to fully restore the remainder of the Hutchinson House has been met! One hundred and...
November 29, 2021
We have been humbled to work with Guyton Ash and Artis Construction who helped get us to this stage in the restoration. https://youtu.be/t4ZW-xTKbSk
November 22, 2021
One of the only remaining Freedman's Houses on Edisto Island, the Hutchinson House tells a powerful story of community and land ownership. We are working...
November 5, 2021
We have completed half of the work, and now have a goal to raise $275,000 to complete the project. We have completed the stabilization, weatherization...
National Parks Service Awards Grant to Edisto Island Historic Hutchinson House
September 14, 2021
The Edisto Island Open Land Trust has received a $171,512 grant from the Department of Interior, National Park Service (NPS) funded through the Historic Preservation...
Gullah/Geechee Nation Appreciation Week at the Historic Hutchinson House
August 10, 2021
The Edisto Island Open Land Trust was pleased to be the host site for this exciting evening on Thursday, August 5th from 6 PM –...
Hutchinson House featured in Preservation Magazine
January 29, 2021
We're happy to report that the National Trust for Historic Preservation has featured the Hutchinson House on the cover of their most recent Winter, 2021...
