Roseville Plantation (Florence, South Carolina)

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Roseville Plantation
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Location3636 Williston Rd., near Florence, South Carolina
Coordinates 34°16′37″N79°42′04″W / 34.27694°N 79.70111°W / 34.27694; -79.70111 Coordinates: 34°16′37″N79°42′04″W / 34.27694°N 79.70111°W / 34.27694; -79.70111
Area13.5 acres (5.5 ha)
Built1885 (1885)
Architectural styleLate 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Mid 19th Century Revival
NRHP reference No. 97001158 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 25, 1997

Roseville Plantation is a historic home located near Florence, Florence County, South Carolina. It was built about 1885 and renovated about 1910. It is a two-story, lateral gabled, weatherboard-clad residence. The building consists partly of mortise and tenoned hand-hewn and peeled log construction. It was built on the foundations of the original plantation house built about 1835. The house at Roseville Plantation is at the end of a tree lined dirt driveway and set at the center of a broad sparsely landscaped lawn, resting upon a brick pier foundation which has recently been enclosed at its perimeter with stuccoed concrete block. It features a broad, one-story, hip roofed wraparound veranda. [2] [3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. [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. Anita Curl (March 1997). "Roseville Plantation" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
  3. "Roseville Plantation, Florence County (3636 Williston Rd. [Old Georgetown Rd.] Florence vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 5 July 2012.