Hilton Head Rear Range Lighthouse South Carolina
by Teresa Trotter
Title
Hilton Head Rear Range Lighthouse South Carolina
Artist
Teresa Trotter
Medium
Painting
Description
Artwork created by William Trotter.
Captain William Hilton, sailing aboard the Adventure for King Charles II of England, entered Port Royal Sound in 1663. On his chart of the area, Captain Hilton marked the island, located on the southern side of the entrance to the sound, Hilton’s Head due to a high bluff on the northern end of the island. The name stuck, though it was altered slightly to Hilton Head.
Although the faux lighthouse at Harbour Town, on the southern end of Hilton Head Island, is more widely known, Hilton Head Rear Range Light is the island’s one true lighthouse. As the lighthouse stands on ground that was once part of Leamington Plantation, the tower is also known as Leamington Lighthouse. Surrounded by tall pines and located in the middle of a golf course roughly a mile from the Atlantic, the lighthouse remains unseen by most visitors to the popular vacation and golf island.
In 1853, various planters, merchants, and owners of vessels in South Carolina petitioned the federal government for “a light-house and a corresponding beacon-light for Port Royal entrance, to be located in the neighborhood of Hilton Head.” Congress appropriated $10,000 on August 3, 1854 for a lighthouse and beacon light to be built on or near Hilton Head. Nearly $3,000 was spent during 1856 and 1857 trying to obtain title to the desired land, but the remaining amount was eventually transferred to the surplus fund and the project abandoned.
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Jerry Bokowski
I love mist, atmospheric days and your father captured that and everything else beautifully here, Teresa. In a way, I fear this kind of art that I love is being replaced by modern and abstract art found at many of today’s art shows and galleries. So it is refreshing for me to look at art that took a lot of time, patience, talent, and skill to create! Fav / like
Teresa Trotter replied:
You are correct. As I explained in another piece you commented on, I used to do what my dad did... But never got as good as he did. Maybe because I did not spend my life doing it, the way he did. Sadly... I guess I am one of your biggest fears. LOL I happen to have really taken a liking to abstract, and modern art as I have aged. Not sure why...but the older I get, the more liberal I seem to become when it comes to art and music. Most people tend to be the opposite. They get more traditional and milder as they age. I am the exact opposite when it comes to the arts. Not to say that I don't like the art you speak of...because I do very much. But with all that I have had to deal with over these last few years, I guess abstract and modern art kind of gives me a happy feeling. Trust me though... Your type and my dad's type of art will always be needed, and never go out of style.
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