Lewisfield Plantation

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Lewisfield Plantation
Lewisfield, U.S. Route 52 vicinity, Moncks Corner vicinity (Berkeley County, South Carolina).jpg
Lewisfield, HABS Photo, 1978
Lewisfield Plantation is located in South Carolina
Lewisfield Plantation
Location About 2.5 miles south of Moncks Corner on U.S. Route 52, near Moncks Corner, South Carolina
Coordinates 33°9′36″N 79°59′37″W / 33.16000°N 79.99361°W / 33.16000; -79.99361Coordinates: 33°9′36″N 79°59′37″W / 33.16000°N 79.99361°W / 33.16000; -79.99361
Area 5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built c. 1774 (1774)
Governing body Private
NRHP Reference # 73001678[1]
Added to NRHP May 9, 1973

Lewisfield Plantation is a historic plantation home 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. 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.[2][3]

It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09. 
  2. ^ "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. 
  3. ^ Elias B. Bull and Bernard Kearse (December 1972). "Lewisfield Plantation" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places nomination. NRHP. Retrieved 25 February 2014. 

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