Cedar Grove is a historic plantation house located near Edgefield, Edgefield County, South Carolina. It was built between 1790 and 1805, and is a large two-story, Federal style house with a white clapboard exterior and high gable roof. It features a double-tiered portico with delicate Adamesque detail. This home has many unusual architectural features including a barrel-vaulted hallway, elaborately carved mantelpieces, and the right front parlor retains an early hand-painted French wallpaper.
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| Location | 5 miles northwest of Edgefield on U.S. Route 25, near Edgefield, South Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 33°50′48″N 81°58′45″W / 33.84667°N 81.97917°W |
| Area | 9.9 acres (4.0 ha) |
| Built | c. 1790-1805 |
| Built by | Blocker, John Jr. |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 71000772[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 14, 1971 |
The property features a landscape of tall cedars, as well as old English boxwoods and traces of an original rose garden like at John Blocker's father's home, the Blocker House. The gardens at Cedar Grove were reputedly laid out by Andre Michaux, the renowned botanist who had designed the gardens at Middleton Place in Charleston, South Carolina. The famous English boxwoods of Cedar Grove were sold during the Great Depression to the Rockefeller family and placed in the gardens of the Governor's Palace in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Also on the property are the contributing servant's quarters and original kitchen.[2][3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.[1] As of 2024, it is owned by Brian Branton, an attorney and lobbyist, originally from North Carolina.[4][5]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Nancy R. Ruhf (February–August 1971). "Cedar Grove" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
- ^ "Cedar Grove, Edgefield County (U.S. Hwy. 25, Edgefield vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
- ^ "Brian Branton". Dogwood Hill. Retrieved 2024-08-21.
- ^ Homeworthy (2024-05-30). House Restoration With Brian Branton | Renovation of the Historic Cedar Grove. Retrieved 2024-08-21 – via YouTube.
- Architecture of the Old South by Mills Lane. 1997 by Beehive Press, Savannah, Georgia. pages 138–139 with photo.
- The Story of Edgefield a 2010 publication by The Edgefield County Historical Society. Page 69 with photo.
External links
edit- Cedar Grove photo gallery at Old Houses USA
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