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Walnut Grove, Route 1, 1 mile East of intersection of U.S. 221 & I-26, Roebuck, Spartanburg County, SC

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Walnut Grove, Route 1, 1 mile East of intersection of U.S. 221 & I-26, Roebuck, Spartanburg County, SC

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Summary

Significance: This complex reflects the migration of Scotch-Irish settlers from Pennsylvania and Virginia who established subsistence farms in the South Carolina upcountry. It also illustrates a South Carolina upcountry farmstead of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, which produced cattle, sheep, flax, and food products. Constructed with hewn logs covered with weatherboard siding, the complex is rectangular in shape and dimension. The complex was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on July 1, 1970.
Survey number: HABS SC-616
Building/structure dates: ca. 1765 Initial Construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000603

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Date

1933 - 1970
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Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Cary, Brian, transmitter
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