Marshfield (Trenton, South Carolina)

Marshfield, also known as Old Marsh Home Place, is a historic plantation house located near Trenton, Edgefield County, South Carolina. The original house, built about 1831, rests on a foundation of brick and granite rocks. The house is an L-shaped, one-story frame residence with additions and alterations made in the late-19th and early-20th centuries. Also located on the property are the contributing early-19th century shed or "smokehouse"; an early 19th-century house, constructed of hand-hewn and pegged timbers and containing a stone fireplace; the Marsh family cemetery; and the archaeological remains of additional outbuildings.[2][3]

Marshfield
Marshfield, March 2012
LocationYoungblood Rd. northwest of Trenton, near Trenton, South Carolina
Coordinates33°45′25″N 81°52′6″W
Area4 acres (1.6 ha)
Builtc. 1831 (1831), 1909
Architectural styleMid 19th Century Revival
NRHP reference No.94001561[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 9, 1995

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Carrie Clark (August 1994). "Marshfield" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  3. "Marshfield, Edgefield County (Youngblood Rd., Trenton vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 20 October 2012.


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