Summit Plantation House

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Summit Plantation House
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LocationAdams Run, South Carolina
Coordinates 32°41′37″N80°17′10″W / 32.69361°N 80.28611°W / 32.69361; -80.28611 Coordinates: 32°41′37″N80°17′10″W / 32.69361°N 80.28611°W / 32.69361; -80.28611
Built1819
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No. 83002188 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 28, 1983

The Summit Plantation House is an historic building in Adams Run, South Carolina, USA. The house was built for William and Amarinthia Wilkinson in 1819. [2] [3] The house was listed in the National Register on July 28, 1983.

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Summit Plantation House, Charleston County (off S.C. Sec. Rd. 390, Adams Run vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved December 4, 2012.
  3. Lynne Langley (July 7, 1985). "Summit House". Charleston News & Courier. p. E1. Retrieved December 4, 2012.

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