Richmond Plantation

	Richmond Plantation
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district
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Location	Southeast of Cordesville, near Cordesville, South Carolina
Coordinates	33°04′43″N 79°51′34″W / 33.07861°N 79.85944°WCoordinates: 33°04′43″N 79°51′34″W / 33.07861°N 79.85944°W
Area	152.4 acres (61.7 ha)
Built	1927
Architect	Clinton & Russell; Shaw, Richard Norman
Architectural style	Shavian Manorial Style
NRHP reference No.	80003653
Added to NRHP	November 24, 1980

Richmond Plantation, also known as Girl Scout Plantation, is a national historic district located near Cordesville, Berkeley County, South Carolina. It was built about 1927, and includes a manor house and outbuildings constructed as a hunting lodge for George A. Ellis, a prominent New York financier and co-founder of E. F. Hutton & Co.

The manor house is a 1+1⁄2-story, asymmetrical brick building with a rectangular central mass, and two single story wings--an American interpretation of the Shavian Manor Style, defined by the neo-medieval work of the English architect Richard Norman Shaw. Also on the property are four outbuildings in the Shavian Manor Style: a carriage house, dog house, guest house, and gate house. Additional features of the property include a one-story log house, three one-story frame cabins, a cemetery, and archaeological remains of the original 18th and 19th century rice plantation. In 1963 the property was sold to the Low Country Girl Scout Council, who maintained it as a camp until 2011.^[2]^[3]^[4] The property was sold, via absolute auction, to a private buyer in 2013 but remains under the terms of a conservation easement.^[5]^[6]

It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Richmond Plantation, Berkeley County (S.C. Sec. Rd. 402, Cordesville vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
^ Betty Morgan (July 1980). "Richmond Plantation" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places nomination. NRHP. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
^ "Scouts' U.S. plantation sale nets $2.2 million for cash-strapped group". 26 July 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
^ "Girl Scouts' camp to be sold at auction". 3 July 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
^ "auction flyer". 26 July 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2016.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[2] "Richmond Plantation, Berkeley County (S.C. Sec. Rd. 402, Cordesville vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 25 February 2014.

[3] Betty Morgan (July 1980). "Richmond Plantation" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places nomination. NRHP. Retrieved 25 February 2014.

[4] "Scouts' U.S. plantation sale nets $2.2 million for cash-strapped group". 26 July 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2016.

[5] "Girl Scouts' camp to be sold at auction". 3 July 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2016.

[6] "auction flyer". 26 July 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2016.

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