Millford Plantation
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Millford Plantation
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Millford Plantation as photographed by the Historic American Buildings Survey
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Location of Millford Plantation, South Carolina
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| Location | On SC 261 west of Pinewood, South Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 33°44′54″N 80°32′15″W / 33.7484°N 80.53745°WCoordinates: 33°44′54″N 80°32′15″W / 33.7484°N 80.53745°W |
| Area | 712 acres (2.88 km2) surrounding house (out of 4,251 acres (17.20 km2) total) |
| Built | Completed in 1841 |
| Built by | Nathaniel F. Potter of Providence, Rhode Island |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| NRHP Reference # | 71000808 |
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| Added to NRHP | November 19, 1971 |
| Designated NHL | November 7, 1973 |
Millford Plantation (also spelled Milford) is a historic place located on SC 261 west of Pinewood, South Carolina. It was sometimes called Manning's Folly, because of its remote location in the High Hills of Santee section of the state and its elaborate details.
Designated as a National Historic Landmark, it is regarded as one of the finest examples of Greek Revival residential architecture in the United States. It has been restored and preserved along with many of its original Duncan Phyfe furnishings.
Millford Plantation's monumental two-story Greek Revival mansion was built in Clarendon (now Sumter) county between 1839 and 1841 for John L. Manning and his wife, Susan Frances Hampton Manning. The builder, Nathaniel F. Potter of Providence, Rhode Island, may have also done the design work. Manning later served as Governor of South Carolina from 1852 to 1854.
Its imposing facade features six large carved Corinthian columns on granite bases that support the portico. Its 2-foot-thick (0.61 m) walls are of brick made on the premises; the granite was shipped from Rhode Island.
The excellence of Millford’s architecture extends throughout the house, from the tall floor-to-ceiling windows to a spectacular circular staircase rising, seemingly without support, in a domed cylindrical chamber on the rear side of the building.
Susan Frances Hampton was the daughter of General Wade Hampton I and his wife, Mary Cantey; she was half-sister of Colonel Wade Hampton II. Although by law he inherited from their father after his death in 1835, Wade III shared the estate with Susan and another sister. Much of the money to build the Millford mansion (it cost $125,000, an enormous sum in 1840) probably came from Susan Hampton Manning’s recent inheritance.
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