Allison Plantation

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Allison Plantation
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Allison Plantation, March 2012
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LocationOff South Carolina Highways 40 and 60, near York, South Carolina
Coordinates 35°0′8″N81°22′32″W / 35.00222°N 81.37556°W / 35.00222; -81.37556 Coordinates: 35°0′8″N81°22′32″W / 35.00222°N 81.37556°W / 35.00222; -81.37556
Area42 acres (17 ha)
Built1860 (1860)
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No. 80003716 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 29, 1980

Allison Plantation is a historic home and farm complex located near York, York County, South Carolina. The main house was built about 1860, and is a 2+12-story, frame Greek Revival style dwelling. It has a two-room one-story frame ell and two-story pedimented portico supported by square columns. Also on the property are a one-story frame barn, remains of the detached log kitchen, a concrete pedestal for a windmill, a spring house, smokehouse, mill, and the dilapidated remains of Dr. Allison's Drugstore. It was the home of Dr. Robert Turner Allison, a locally prominent physician and politician. [2] [3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Charles Lowe; Pam Zagaroli; Maggie Elrod (June 1980). "Allison Plantation" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
  3. "Allison Plantation, York County (S.C. Hwys. 40 & 60, York vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 16 September 2012.