Thorntree (Kingstree, South Carolina)

Thorntree
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Thorntree, January 2007
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Location	SC 527, in Fluitt-Nelson Memorial Park, Kingstree, South Carolina
Coordinates	33°39′44″N79°49′35″W / 33.66222°N 79.82639°W / 33.66222; -79.82639
Area	15.1 acres (6.1 ha)
Built	1749 (1749)
Built by	Witherspoon, James
NRHP reference No.	70000606 [1]
Added to NRHP	October 28, 1970

Thorntree, also known as the Witherspoon House, is a historic plantation house located at Kingstree, Williamsburg County, South Carolina. It was built in 1749 by immigrant James Witherspoon (1700-1765), and is a two-story, five-bay, frame "I-house" dwelling with a hall and parlor plan and exterior end chimneys. It features full-length piazzas on the front and rear elevations. To preserve it, the house was moved from an inaccessible rural site to Kingstree on land donated as a memorial park, known as Fluitt-Nelson Memorial Park. The house has been restored to its 18th-century appearance and is open to the public by appointment with the Williamsburg Historical Society. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Thorntree Plantation – Kingstree – Williamsburg County". South Carolina Plantations. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
3. Mrs. James W. Fant (August 1970). "Thorntree" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
4. "Thorntree, Williamsburg County (S.C. Hwy 527, Kingstree)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved July 1, 2014.