Purchase of 55-room riverfront property part of collaboration with Middleton Place Foundation designed top reserve and elevate Middleton Place National Historic Landmark – America’s oldest landscaped gardens
(CHARLESTON, SC – June 28, 2025) – Bennett Hospitality, owned by renowned Charleston hotelier and businessman Michael Bennett, today acquired The Inn at Middleton Place from Middleton Place Foundation. Together, with his family, Bennett purchased the 55-room property, which is perched on a bluff overlooking the AshleyRiver neighboring Middleton Place National Historic Landmark – home to the oldest landscaped gardens in America and one of the Charleston area’s most visited historic sites.
One of the Lowcountry’s most treasured works of modern architecture, The Inn originally opened in 1987, won theAmerican Institute of Architecture’s highest awards and catapulted architect WG Clark to national prominence. Intentionally designed to blend seamlessly within its pristine natural environment, it offers spacious rooms with floor-to-ceiling windows. Guests receive complimentary access to Middleton Place and its stunning gardens, connected by a riverfront walkway, and which were envisioned by Henry Middleton in 1741 to reflect the grand classic style that remained in vogue in Europe and England into the early part of the 18th century…