On February 17, 2022, at the request of the Scanlonville community, an archaeological excavation was performed by Cultural Heritage Management International. The excavation successfully relocated a historic monument. This monument, as seen on the original 1870 plat labeled “cornerstone,” was moved to the Charleston Museum. The monument is a hollow cuboid column with a marble plaque inscribed "SCANLONVILLE, FEBRUARY 14TH, 1870”. A replica was made by Roger Major, Jr., a local brick mason, and with the help of local land surveyors, to ensure the accurate placement of the replica in the correct location, preserving the historical significance. The excavation yielded 233 artifacts spanning different historic periods, revealing insights into Colonial British occupation, the Prince family farmstead, and 20th-century uses by the College of Charleston. Despite the absence of Native American artifacts, the site's historical context, dating back to Native American groups, highlights Scanlonville's rich evolution. Scanlonville was one of the first African American communities formed in the Charleston area after the Civil War, designed and platted into half-acre town lots and two-acre farm lots. Established in 1870 by John Louis Scanlan (Scanlon); a former enslaved person and later a Freedman carpenter, along with 62 other Freedmen formed with the Charleston Land Company, and purchased the 614-acre property, formerly known as Remley Plantation. Scanlonville thrived through the 20th century. Some well-known spots in the community included Riverside Beach, White’s Paradise, Hunk’s Store, Chitter Chatter, Ms. Gussy and Jim Plu’s Store, Pinckney Airfield, and the Historic Scanlonville Cemetery. The community has changed with the addition of new subdivisions but has maintained its historic character. The monument's relocation signifies the community's resilience and ongoing commitment to preserving Scanlonville's history for future generations.

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Located in the Mount Pleasant Waterfront Park, the Sweetgrass Basket Pavilion is a cultural arts exhibit on the history of sweetgrass basket making and serves as a venue in which local basket makers can demonstrate their craft. The open air pavilion features informative kiosks, basket display cases, and a screening area for documentaries. This pavilion is a tribute to the generations of men and women who have carried on the Lowcountry sweetgrass basket tradition for over 300 years. As a stop along the Gullah / Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor, the pavilion gives the public an in-depth look at one of America’s oldest and most important African-inspired arts. Sweetgrass baskets are available for sale at Sweetgrass Basket Pavilion.

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Coil baskets of native sweetgrass and pine needles sewn with strips of palmetto leaf have been displayed for sale on stands along Highway 17 since the 1930s. This craft, handed down in certain families since the 1700s, originally was used on plantations in rice production. Unique to the lowcountry it represents one of the oldest West African art forms in America.

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The Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor is home to a remarkable American culture known today as Gullah/Geechee, which reaches back into the seventeenth century. This is a tradition that was first shaped by captive Africans brought to the southern United States from Central and West Africa who were forced to labor on plantations. They developed a new language with Caribbean, European, American, and African influences. Africans kept their traditions and over time reshaped those practices by incorporating elements of Southeastern culture. Geographic barriers along with a strong sense of family and community are factors that have helped to maintain Gulllah/Geechee culture. Mount Pleasant residents and visitors engage Gullah traditions on a daily basis through vivid cultural exchanges.

The Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor was created: To recognize the important contributions made to American culture and history by Africans and African Americans known as Gullah or Geechee who settled in the coastal counties of Florida (Duval and Nassau), Georgia (Bryan, Camden, Chatham, Glynn, Liberty and McIntosh), North Carolina (Brunswick and New Hanover) and South Carolina (Beaufort, Charleston, Colleton, Georgetown, Horry, Jasper and parts of Berkeley and Dorchester); To assist Federal, State and local governments, grassroots organizations, and public and private entities in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina in interpreting the story of the Gullah/Geechee culture and preserving Gullah/Geechee folklore, arts, crafts, and music; and To aide in identifying and preserving sites, historical data, artifacts, and objects associated with the Gullah/Geechee culture for the benefit and education of the public.

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