Darby Plantation (Edgefield, South Carolina)

Darby Plantation plantation house was built by Nathaniel Lipscomb Griffith, the father of Anne Patience Griffith, at the time of her marriage to Edgefield lawyer Milledge Luke Bonham. It has a deep wraparound porch supported by twelve columns. The main rooms are twenty feet by twenty feet with twelve foot ceilings, and the house is built of pine. When Bonham returned from the United States' war with Mexico, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Bonham was put in charge of South Carolina's volunteer army and served with distinction. In 1862, he resigned his commission and became governor of South Carolina. In 1863, the house was sold to Confederate Secretary of the Treasury George Trenholm. During the Civil War, the house was used as a storage place for some of the items from the Charleston Museum. Since 1878, the plantation has been owned by the Wise family.[2]

Darby Plantation
Location1150 Augusta Road, Trenton, SC
Coordinates33°44′55″N 81°52′55″W
Builtc. 1842
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No.74001851[1]
Added to NRHPAug. 13, 1974

The house was listed in the National Register August 13, 1974.[3]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Paul M. Franklin; Nancy Mikula (2006). South Carolina's Plantations and Historic Homes. Voyageur Press. p. 91. Retrieved Nov 27, 2012.
  3. "Darby Plantation, Edgefield County (U.S. Hwy. 25, Trenton vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved Nov 27, 2012.


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