Davis Plantation (Monticello, South Carolina)

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Davis Plantation
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Davis Plantation, July 2012
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LocationSouth of Monticello on South Carolina Highway 215, near Monticello, South Carolina
Coordinates 34°22′36″N81°18′59″W / 34.37667°N 81.31639°W / 34.37667; -81.31639
Area30 acres (12 ha)
Builtc.1845 (1845)
NRHP reference No. 71000776 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 6, 1971

Davis Plantation is a historic plantation house located near Monticello, Fairfield County, South Carolina. It was built about 1845, and is a two-story, white frame Greek Revival style house. It has a hipped roof and two mammoth chimneys. It features a gabled front portico supported by four square, paneled Doric order columns. The house was built by James B. Davis, descendant of Revolutionary War Captain, James Kincaid, and an early pioneer in South Carolina agricultural development. [2] [3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. [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. Ben F. Hornsby (January 1971). "Davis Plantation" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
  3. "Davis Plantation, Fairfield County (S.C. Hwy 215, Monticello vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 5 July 2012.