Borough House, West Side State Route 261, about .1 mile south side of junction with old Garners Ferry Road, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC

Significance: The Borough House is a late 18th and early 19th century plantation house with numerous surviving dependencies and extensive gardens. Major structures in the complex were designed and built in a modified Greek Revival style. Portions of the main house and seven of its dependencies are constructed of rammed earth, a highly unusual material for this style of architecture in the United States. The gardens show influences of European and American design traditions. In addition to the architectural and landscape features of this complex, the home also has important historical associations for the state and nation related to the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. The Borough House complex was listed in the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Stateburg Historic District in 1971 and as an individual site in 1972.

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N228

Survey number: HABS SC-362

Building/structure dates: 1758 Initial Construction

National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 72001224

houses military headquarters south carolina borough house borough house west side state route junction garners ferry garners ferry road stateburg sumter sumter county richard k anderson borough plantation enterprises jack e boucher henry d boykin alejandro j busto brian cary cornwallis greene harlen d groe ron j havelka historic american buildings survey lucy hampton bostick residuary charitable trust harley j mckee lourdes m mesa martha f moffat mrs richard k anderson southeast region national park service pamela s pendergrass john c poppeliers virginia b price lora j schiltgen south carolina department of archives and history sumter county historical commission side library of congress car national register of historic places

1933 - 1970

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