- Magnolia (Bennettsville, South Carolina)
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Magnolia
Location: 508 E. Main Street
Bennettsville, South CarolinaCoordinates: 34°37′10.8588″N 79°40′37.9662″W / 34.619683°N 79.677212833°WCoordinates: 34°37′10.8588″N 79°40′37.9662″W / 34.619683°N 79.677212833°W Area: 1 acre (0.40 ha) Built: 1853 Governing body: Private NRHP Reference#: 73001721[1] Added to NRHP: March 14, 1973 Magnolia House, also known as the Johnson-Kinney House, located in Bennettsville, South Carolina, is a fine example of an excellently preserved late antebellum neoclassical, or "bracketed Greek Revival" home in rural South Carolina. Magnolia is a two-story frame house constructed in 1853 by Bennettsville lawyer, William Dalrymple Johnson. Johnson was a signer of the South Carolina Ordinance of Secession.
Notable details of the structure include a one-story porch supported by ten Doric columns, which extends along the northern exposure and front portion of the eastern side. Also, matching double leaf, five paneled doors are at the front and rear entrances, framed by rectangular transoms and sidelights with unusual rectangular pane design. Boxed cornices are bracketed all around. Behind the house are a barn and the old slave quarters, which were built around the year 1853.
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- "Magnolia, Marlboro County (508 E. Main St., Bennettsville)". www.nationalregister.sc.gov. http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/marlboro/S10817735006/index.htm. Retrieved 2007-11-16.
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