Midway Plantation (Fort Motte, South Carolina)

Midway Plantation is a historic plantation house located near Fort Motte, Calhoun County, South Carolina. The original Midway plantation was built about 1785, although little of this structure remains. The present façade was added about 1859, and is a two-story antebellum frame building with both Greek Revival and Federal influences. The front façade features a pediment and a two-tiered portico with four Tuscan order columns on both levels. The rear wing and porch were added around 1900.[2][3]

Midway Plantation
Midway Plantation, November 2012
LocationSouth of Fort Motte off U.S. Route 601, near Fort Motte, South Carolina
Coordinates33°40′31″N 80°41′39″W
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1859 (1859)
Built byWilliam Russell Thomson
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Federal
NRHP reference No.76001694[1]
Added to NRHPMay 28, 1976

It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Midway Plantation, Calhoun County (off U.S. Hwy. 601, Fort Motte vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  3. Historic Preservation Division Staff (December 1975). "Midway Plantation" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places nomination. NRHP. Retrieved 25 February 2014.


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