Thorntree (Kingstree, South Carolina)

Thorntree

Thorntree, January 2007
Location SC 527, in Fluitt-Nelson Memorial Park, Kingstree, South Carolina
Coordinates 33°39′44″N 79°49′35″W / 33.66222°N 79.82639°W / 33.66222; -79.82639Coordinates: 33°39′44″N 79°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 # 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. In order 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. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Thorntree Plantation – Kingstree – Williamsburg County". South Carolina Plantations. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  3. ↑ Mrs. James W. Fant (August 1970). "Thorntree" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 2014-07-01.
  4. ↑ "Thorntree, Williamsburg County (S.C. Hwy 527, Kingstree)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-07-01.


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