Lewisfield Plantation

Lewisfield Plantation
Lewisfield, HABS Photo, 1978
Location About 2.5 miles south of Moncks Corner on U.S. Route 52, near Moncks Corner, South Carolina
Coordinates 33°9′36″N 79°59′37″W / 33.16000°N 79.99361°W / 33.16000; -79.99361Coordinates: 33°9′36″N 79°59′37″W / 33.16000°N 79.99361°W / 33.16000; -79.99361
Area 5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built c. 1774 (1774)
NRHP reference # 73001678[1]
Added to NRHP May 9, 1973

Lewisfield Plantation is a historic plantation house located near Moncks Corner, Berkeley County, South Carolina. It was built about 1774, and is a 2 1/2-half story clapboard dwelling. It is supported by a high brick foundation that encloses a raised basement. It has a five bay wide verandah supported by six slender Doric order columns. Records show over 100 slaves were held in bondage on the plantation as of 1835.[2] A Revolutionary War skirmish occurred directly in front of the house when Colonel Wade Hampton (1752–1835) surprised a British force that had stopped at Lewisfield Plantation to await a paroled prisoner of war, Keating Simons, who was the owner of the plantation at the time.[3][4] South Carolinian politician Rembert Dennis lived on the plantation. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Slaves at the Lewisfield Plantation of Keating Simons, Berkeley, SC, 1835: topic, pictures and information - Fold3.com". Fold3.com. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "Lewisfield Plantation, Berkeley County (U.S. Hwy. 52, Moncks Corner vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  4. ↑ Elias B. Bull and Bernard Kearse (December 1972). "Lewisfield Plantation" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places nomination. NRHP. Retrieved 25 February 2014.


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