Pee Dee River Rice Planters Historic District

Pee Dee River Rice Planters Historic District

Dirleton Plantation, HABS Photo, October 1977
Location Along the Pee Dee and Waccamaw Rivers, near Georgetown, South Carolina
Coordinates 33°12′09″N 79°19′58″W / 33.20250°N 79.33278°W / 33.20250; -79.33278Coordinates: 33°12′09″N 79°19′58″W / 33.20250°N 79.33278°W / 33.20250; -79.33278
Area 5,100 acres (2,100 ha)
Architectural style Gothic
MPS Georgetown County Rice Culture MPS
NRHP Reference # 88000532[1]
Added to NRHP October 3, 1988

Pee Dee River Rice Planters Historic District is a set of historic rice plantation properties and national historic district located near Georgetown, Georgetown County, South Carolina.

Historic features

The district encompasses 10 contributing building, 16 contributing sites, and 34 contributing structures.

Pee Dee River plantations

It includes extant buildings, structures, and ricefields associated with 12 rice plantations located along the Pee Dee River.
They include:

Waccamaw River plantations

It also includes five rice plantations located along the Waccamaw River:

Rice planters culture

These plantations were part of a large rice culture in the county which flourished from about 1750 to about 1910.

This district includes:

The plantation houses are all frame houses with a central hall plan.[2][3]

The Pee Dee River Rice Planters Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ J. Tracy Power and Sherry Piland (September 1987). "Pee Dee River Rice Planters Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  3. ↑ "Pee Dee River Rice Planters' Historic District, Georgetown County (between the Pee Dee and Waccamaw Rivers, E. of S.C. Sec. Rd. 52, Plantersville vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 7 July 2012. and Accompanying map


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