Thorntree (Kingstree, South Carolina)
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Thorntree
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Thorntree, January 2007
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| Location | SC 527, in Fluitt-Nelson Memorial Park, Kingstree, South Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 33°39′44″N 79°49′35″W / 33.66222°N 79.82639°WCoordinates: 33°39′44″N 79°49′35″W / 33.66222°N 79.82639°W |
| Area | 15.1 acres (6.1 ha) |
| Built | 1749 |
| Built by | Witherspoon, James |
| NRHP Reference # | 70000606 |
| Added to NRHP | October 28, 1970 |
Thorntree, also known as the Witherspoon House, is a historic plantation house located at Kingstree, Williamsburg County, South Carolina. It was built in 1749 by immigrant James Witherspoon (1700-1765), and is a two-story, five bay, frame “I-house” dwelling with a hall and parlor plan and exterior end chimneys. It features full-length piazzas on the front and rear elevations. In order to preserve it, the house was moved from an inaccessible rural site to Kingstree on land donated as a memorial park, known as Fluitt-Nelson Memorial Park. The house has been restored to its 18th-century appearance and is open to the public by appointment with the Williamsburg Historical Society.
It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.
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