Richmond Plantation
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Richmond Plantation | |
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| Location | Southeast of Cordesville, near Cordesville, South Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 33°04′43″N 79°51′34″W / 33.07861°N 79.85944°WCoordinates: 33°04′43″N 79°51′34″W / 33.07861°N 79.85944°W |
| Area | 152.4 acres (61.7 ha) |
| Built | 1927 |
| Architect | Clinton & Russell; Shaw, Richard Norman |
| Architectural style | Shavian Manorial Style |
| Governing body | Private |
| NRHP Reference # | 80003653[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 24, 1980 |
Richmond Plantation, also known as Girl Scout Plantation, is a national historic district located near Cordesville, Berkeley County, South Carolina. It was built about 1927, and includes a manor house and outbuildings constructed as a hunting lodge for George A. Ellis, a prominent New York financier and co-founder of E. F. Hutton & Co.. The manor house is a 1 1/2-story, asymmetrical brick building with a rectangular central mass, and two single story wings. The manor house is an example of an American interpretation of the Shavian Manor Style, a style defined by the neo-medieval work of the English architect Richard Norman Shaw. Also on the property are four outbuildings also the Shavian Manorial Style: a carriage house, dog house, guest house and gate house, are also located on the property. The property also includes a one-story log house, three one-story frame cabins, a cemetery and archaeological remains of the original 18th and 19th century rice plantation. In 1963 the property was sold to the Low Country Girl Scout Council, who maintains it as a camp.[2][3]
It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
- ↑ "Richmond Plantation, Berkeley County (S.C. Sec. Rd. 402, Cordesville vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
- ↑ Betty Morgan (July 1980). "Richmond Plantation". National Register of Historic Places nomination. NRHP. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
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