Clarkson Farm Complex

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]

Clarkson Farm Complex
LocationU.S. Route 52, 1.5 miles south of its junction with U.S. Route 521, near Greeleyville, South Carolina
Coordinates33°33′38″N 79°55′57″W
Area9.9 acres (4.0 ha)
Built1896 (1896)
Built byClarkson, William N.
NRHP reference No.88001706[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 6, 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. 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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