The rippled effect reminded me of Middleton Place, an old plantation outside Charleston.

The estimated epicenter was near Middleton Place.

John Williams, an early South Carolina planter, probably began building Middleton Place in the late 1730s.

Henry likely planned Middleton Place as a country residence moreso than an active rice plantation.

After his death in 1883, Middleton Place passed to wife, Susan.

Smith and his wife, Heningham, used Middleton Place as their winter residence.

In the 1930s, the Smiths began restoring the house and outbuildings at Middleton Place to their late 18th-century appearance.

Williams Middleton built the mill in 1851 as he began more intensive planting at Middleton Place.

But it is Middleton Place, marvelous Middleton, that always lures us out of the city on fine days.

Locally, only Middleton Place had ever boasted such spectacular gardens.