Clarkson Farm Complex

Clarkson Farm Complex
Location U.S. Route 52, 1.5 miles south of its junction with U.S. Route 521, near Greeleyville, South Carolina
Coordinates 33°33′38″N 79°55′57″W / 33.56056°N 79.93250°W / 33.56056; -79.93250Coordinates: 33°33′38″N 79°55′57″W / 33.56056°N 79.93250°W / 33.56056; -79.93250
Area 9.9 acres (4.0 ha)
Built 1896 (1896)
Built by Clarkson,William N.
NRHP Reference # 88001706[1]
Added to NRHP October 6, 1988

Clarkson Farm Complex is a historic farm and national historic district located near Greeleyville, Williamsburg County, South Carolina. It encompasses 8 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site with buildings dating from about 1896 to 1928. They include the main house, store, smokehouse, garage, stable/garage, tenant house, pumphouse, wellhouse and pecan grove. The main house was built about 1905, and is a two-story, frame I-house on a brick pier foundation. The Clarkson Store was built about 1896, and is representative of one of few surviving rural commercial buildings. The pecan grove was planted in 1922.[2][3]

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

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Andrew W. CHandler (April 1988). "Clarkson Farm Complex" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 2014-07-01.
  3. "Clarkson Farm Complex, Williamsburg County (U.S. Hwy. 52, Greeleyville vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-07-01.


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