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 | |
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| Location | Off County Road 52, near Georgetown, South Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 33°26′21″N 79°14′39″W / 33.43917°N 79.24417°W |
| Area | 264.8 acres (107.2 ha) |
| Built | 1866 |
| Architectural style | Single pen slave cabin |
| MPS | Georgetown County Rice Culture MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 88000529[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 3, 1988 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ J. Tracy Power and Sherry Piland (September 1987). "Keithfield Plantation" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved July 7, 2012.
- ^ "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 July 7, 2012.
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