Goodwill Plantation

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Goodwill Plantation
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LocationOff U.S. Route 378, near Eastover, South Carolina
Coordinates 33°57′28″N80°38′57″W / 33.95778°N 80.64917°W / 33.95778; -80.64917
Area3,285.7 acres (1,329.7 ha)
MPS Lower Richland County MRA
NRHP reference No. 86000528 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 27, 1986

Goodwill Plantation is a historic plantation and national historic district located near Eastover, Richland County, South Carolina. The district encompasses 10 contributing buildings and two contributing structures. They include the millpond and a portion of the canal irrigation system (c. 1827); the overseer's house (c. 1857); the 2-1/2-story frame mill building (c. 1857 – 1870); two slave cabins (c. 1858); a blacksmith shop; the late-19th century main house; a lodge (c. 1910 – 1935); and a carriage house, tenant house, barn and corn crib. [2] [3]

The plantation was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. [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. unknown (n.d.). "Goodwill Plantation" (PDF). South Carolina Inventory Form for Historic Districts and Individual Properties in a Multiple Property Submission. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
  3. "Goodwill Plantation, Richland County (off U.S. Hwy. 378, Eastover vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved July 1, 2014.