Allison Plantation Explained

Allison Plantation
Location:Off South Carolina Highways 40 and 60, near York, South Carolina
Coordinates:35.0022°N -81.3756°W
Architecture:Greek Revival
Added:September 29, 1980
Refnum:80003716

Allison Plantation is a historic home and farm complex located near York, York County, South Carolina. The main house was built about 1860, and is a -story, frame Greek Revival style dwelling. It has a two-room one-story frame ell and two-story pedimented portico supported by square columns. Also on the property are a one-story frame barn, remains of the detached log kitchen, a concrete pedestal for a windmill, a spring house, smokehouse, mill, and the dilapidated remains of Dr. Allison's Drugstore. It was the home of Dr. Robert Turner Allison, a locally prominent physician and politician.[1] [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Charles Lowe . Pam Zagaroli . Maggie Elrod . Allison Plantation . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . June 1980. pdf . 16 September 2012.
  2. Web site: Allison Plantation, York County (S.C. Hwys. 40 & 60, York vicinity) . National Register Properties in South Carolina . South Carolina Department of Archives and History . 16 September 2012.