City Directories and History: “The plantation has been in the Clark-Murray family since 1728. There were three marriages between the Clarks and the Murray’s during the history of this property and Cypress Trees has been a common denominator in those family histories. In 1858 Susan Jane Clark married Joseph James Murray and the ownership of Cypress Trees remained in the Murray family from that date. The current owners, Jim and Linda Murray are the fourth generation of Murrays to live in the home.
The main house at its present location was built about 1830, a historical architect has stated that some of the materials in the house seem much older than that date. It is thought that some of the materials from an earlier main house were used in the present one. When the present house was first built it faced south toward Store Creek with the front door centered between an avenue of Sago Palms leading to the bluff edge. In the early 1900s the house was extensively remodeled and the interior staircase turned 180 degrees so that the front of the house was facing north down the avenue of live oaks. Cypress Trees then became one of the first houses on Edisto to have an inside bathroom with running water and a flush toilet. The house remained virtually the same until it was again remodeled in 1990 when the present owners moved back to Edisto.” Information courtesy of the Cypress Trees Website – 2017
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