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*[http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/sumter/S10817743001/index.htm Borough House Plantation, Sumter County (SC Hwy 261, Stateburg vicinity)], at South Carolina Department of Archives and History
*[http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/sumter/S10817743001/index.htm Borough House Plantation, Sumter County (SC Hwy 261, Stateburg vicinity)], at South Carolina Department of Archives and History
*[http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.sc0358 Borough House, West Side State Route 261, about .1 mile south side of junction with old Garners Ferry Road, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC: 65 photos, 4 color photos, 30 drawings, 55 data pages], at [[Historic American Building Survey]]. Outbuildings and other related Borough House buildings are covered in additional HABS photosets, available by [http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/hhquery.html search of HABS/HAER here].
*[http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.sc0358 Borough House, West Side State Route 261, about .1 mile south side of junction with old Garners Ferry Road, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC: 65 photos, 4 color photos, 30 drawings, 55 data pages], at [[Historic American Building Survey]]. Outbuildings and other related Borough House buildings are covered in additional HABS photosets, available by [http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/hhquery.html search of HABS/HAER here].

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Borough House
Borough House Plantation is located in South Carolina
Borough House Plantation
LocationSC 261, N. Kings Hwy.
Stateburg, South Carolina
Built1758, 1820
ArchitectWilliam Wallace Anderson, M.D.
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Rammed earth
NRHP reference No.72001224
Added to NRHPMarch 23, 1972[1]

Borough House Plantation, also known as Borough House, Hillcrest Plantation and Anderson Place, is an historic place in Stateburg, near Sumter, South Carolina.

Its National Historic Landmark description states: "Constructed in 1821, the Borough House Plantion complex contains the oldest and largest collection of "high style" pise de terre (rammed earth) buildings in the United States. Six of the 27 dependencies and portions of the main house were constructed using this ancient technique, which was introduced to this country in 1806 through the book RURAL ECONOMY by S.W. Johnson."[2]

The original house built in 1758 served at different times during the American Revolution as headquarters for both British General Lord Cornwallis and American General Nathanael Greene.[3]

The second house was built in 1820 of rammed earth by William Wallace Anderson, M.D. On October 7, 1821, his wife, the former Mary Jane Mackensie, gave birth there to their son, Richard H. Anderson, the future Confederate Army general.[4]

In 1850-1852, Dr. Anderson chaired the committee that built the Church of the Holy Cross of rammed earth across the road from Borough Hall. In 1851, Joel Roberts Poinsett, physician, American statesman and botanist. died while visiting Dr. Anderson and was buried in the churchyard across the road.

On March 23, 1972, Borough Hall Plantation was added to the National Register of Historic Places and declared a National Historic Landmark.[2][5]

"It is located on Rt. 261, 0.8 mi. N of intersection of Rt. 261 and SC 76/378."[5]

The South Carolina Department of Archives and History summary is here.[6]

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23.
  2. ^ a b c "Borough House". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved 2008-03-18.
  3. ^ Borough Plantation - Stateburg, Sumter County, South Carolina SC
  4. ^ Dick Anderson Chapter #75, United Daughters of the Confederacy
  5. ^ a b Richard K. Anderson, Jr. (January 15, 1988), Template:PDFlink, National Park Service and Template:PDFlink
  6. ^ "Borough House Plantation, Sumter County (SC Hwy 261, Stateburg vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina listing. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2008-03-18.