Lawson's Pond Plantation

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Lawson's Pond Plantation
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Lawson's Pond Plantation House, HABS Photo, October 1978
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Location5 miles north of Cross off South Carolina Highway 6, near Cross, South Carolina
Coordinates 33°22′13″N80°13′22″W / 33.37028°N 80.22278°W / 33.37028; -80.22278 Coordinates: 33°22′13″N80°13′22″W / 33.37028°N 80.22278°W / 33.37028; -80.22278
Area9 acres (3.6 ha)
Built1823 (1823)
NRHP reference No. 77001213 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 13, 1977

Lawson's Pond Plantation is a historic plantation house located near Cross, Berkeley County, South Carolina. It was built about 1823, and is a large two-story clapboard structure set upon high foundations. It has a hipped roof and features a one-story piazza along the front and left facades. [2] [3]

It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. [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. "Lawson's Pond Plantation, Berkeley County (off S.C. Hwy. 6, Cross vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  3. Kappy McNulty and Elias Bull (September 1976). "Lawson's Pond Plantation". National Register of Historic Places nomination. NRHP. Retrieved 25 February 2014. Accompanying seven photos.