The Oaks (Winnsboro, South Carolina)

The Oaks

The Oaks, July 2012
Location South Carolina Highway 213, near Winnsboro, South Carolina
Coordinates 34°21′03″N 81°11′15″W / 34.35083°N 81.18750°W / 34.35083; -81.18750Coordinates: 34°21′03″N 81°11′15″W / 34.35083°N 81.18750°W / 34.35083; -81.18750
Area 8.3 acres (3.4 ha)
Built c. 1850 (1850)
MPS Fairfield County MRA
NRHP Reference # 84000624[1]
Added to NRHP December 6, 1984

The Oaks is a historic plantation house located near Winnsboro, Fairfield County, South Carolina in the Piedmont region. It was built about 1850, and is a large, two-story, weatherboarded frame residence with a gable-end roof. The front façade features a central, two-tiered pedimented portico supported by four simple wooden columns. From 1856 the property was owned by John Montgomery Lemmon.[2][3] Considered a moderately wealthy planter, in 1860 he owned 19 slaves and his entire plantation was worth $10,000.[2]

This area was developed for cultivation of short-staple cotton in the 19th century, after the invention of the cotton gin, which made processing this type of cotton profitable. The antebellum residence was identified as notable by the state of South Carolina in 1983 and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 unknown (n.d.). "The Oaks" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
  3. ↑ "The Oaks, Fairfield County (S.C. Hwy. 213/S.C Rd. 54 intersection vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 5 July 2012.


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