Keithfield Plantation

Keithfield Plantation is a historic rice plantation property and national historic district located near Georgetown, Georgetown County, South Carolina. The district encompasses 1 contributing building, 1 contributing site, and 3 contributing structures. They include a slave cabin, built about 1830, and agricultural features including examples of historic ricefields, canals, dikes, and trunks. The original main house burned in the mid-20th century. Keithfield was one of several productive rice plantations on the Black River.[2][3]

Keithfield Plantation
LocationOff County Road 52, near Georgetown, South Carolina
Coordinates33°26′21″N 79°14′39″W
Area264.8 acres (107.2 ha)
Built1866 (1866)
Architectural styleSingle pen slave cabin
MPSGeorgetown County Rice Culture MPS
NRHP reference No.88000529[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 3, 1988

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. J. Tracy Power and Sherry Piland (September 1987). "Keithfield Plantation" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  3. "Keithfield Plantation, Georgetown County (off S.C. Sec. Rd. 52, Georgetown vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 7 July 2012.


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