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Here in these pages lives the memory of South Carolina's own Ann Pamela Cunningham who pioneered the preservation of historic sites in America with her movement to preserve Mount Vernon, the ancestral home of our first President, George Washington, located on the Potomac River in Virginia.

Ann Pamela's home and birthplace was Rosemont Plantation in Laurens County, South Carolina. The house was constructed around 1790 by her grandfather Patrick Cunningham.

In 1817 her father Robert Cunningham inherited the plantation home, thus the beginning of an era of wealth, culture, and gracious landscapes at Rosemont Plantation. Robert's wife Louisa Bird Cunningham was an avid gardener and the estate became known for its gardens. Louisa designed and supervised the planting of the gardens and remnants of her gardens remain today. Rosemont was the first house and garden of its grandeur in the upstate of South Carolina.

And so now a new movement has begun. With the spirit of preservation and restoration that Ann Pamela had, the Rosemont Preservation Society has been formed. Established in 2007 by seven determined citizens, the organization is working to preserve and restore the Rosemont Plantation home site and gardens.