Lewisfield Plantation
Lewisfield Plantation | |
Location | About 2.5 miles south of Moncks Corner on U.S. Route 52, near Moncks Corner, South Carolina |
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Coordinates | 33°9′36″N 79°59′37″W / 33.16000°N 79.99361°W |
Area | 5 acres (2.0 ha) |
Built | c. 1774 |
NRHP reference No. | 73001678[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 9, 1973 |
Lewisfield Plantation is a historic plantation house located near Moncks Corner, Berkeley County, South Carolina. It was built about 1774, and is a 2 1/2-half story clapboard dwelling. It is supported by a high brick foundation that encloses a raised basement. It has a five bay wide verandah supported by six slender Doric order columns. Records show over 100 slaves were held in bondage on the plantation as of 1835.[2] A Revolutionary War skirmish occurred directly in front of the house when Colonel Wade Hampton (1752–1835) surprised a British force that had stopped at Lewisfield Plantation to await a paroled prisoner of war, Keating Simons, who was the owner of the plantation at the time.[3][4] South Carolinian politician Rembert Dennis lived on the plantation. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Slaves at the Lewisfield Plantation of Keating Simons, Berkeley, SC, 1835: topic, pictures and information - Fold3.com". Fold3.com. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
- ^ "Lewisfield Plantation, Berkeley County (U.S. Hwy. 52, Moncks Corner vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
- ^ Elias B. Bull and Bernard Kearse (December 1972). "Lewisfield Plantation" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places nomination. NRHP. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
External links
- Media related to Lewisfield at Wikimedia Commons
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. SC-484, "Lewisfield, U.S. Route 52 vicinity, Moncks Corner, Berkeley County, SC", 18 photos, 2 photo caption pages
- Historic American Buildings Survey in South Carolina
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
- Houses completed in 1774
- Houses in Berkeley County, South Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Berkeley County, South Carolina
- Plantations in South Carolina
- Plantation houses in South Carolina
- Lowcountry South Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs
- Agriculture stubs
- African American stubs
- South Carolina building and structure stubs
- United States plantation stubs