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of Sumter, South Carolina. The business bought the house not for the historic plantation house but rather to secure several million board feet of lumber growing on about 1500 acres of the estate; the business did not have immediate plans for the portion of the estate with the house and hunting grounds.
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In 1937, Robert R.M. Carpenter bought the estate for $ 50,000 from the Lewisfield Club, a collection of owners. Carpenter intended to use the house as a duck hunting property in the winters. In 1948, Carpenter sold the plantation (by then increased to 2500 acres) to the Williams Furniture Corporation
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Lewisfield fronts on the Cooper River and was bounded by Exeter Plantation to the north and Mulberry Plantation to the south. Sedgewick Lewis bought the 1000 acre plantation in 1767 from Baronet John Colleton. At that time, the plantation was known as Little Landing, but it was later known as
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in 1973. Under new ownership, the house and grounds are undergoing a massive renovation and restoration to save both house and grounds.
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Lewisfield because of Lewis' ownership. Lord Cornwallis was a guest of Lewis when Cornwallis was heading to Charleston from Camden.
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property in Berkeley County, South Carolina on the National Register of Historic Places
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A Revolutionary War skirmish occurred directly in front of the house when Colonel
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National Register of Historic Places in Berkeley County, South Carolina
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Lewisfield, U.S. Route 52 vicinity, Moncks Corner, Berkeley County, SC
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About 2.5 miles south of Moncks Corner on U.S. Route 52, near
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Lowcountry South Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs
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Plantation agriculture in the Southeastern United States
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Lewisfield Plantation is located in South Carolina
Lewisfield Plantation is located in the United States
Moncks Corner, South Carolina
33°9′36″N 79°59′37″W / 33.16000°N 79.99361°W / 33.16000; -79.99361
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plantation house
Moncks Corner
Berkeley County, South Carolina
verandah
Doric order
slaves
Wade Hampton
Rembert Dennis
National Register of Historic Places


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National Park Service
"Slaves at the Lewisfield Plantation of Keating Simons, Berkeley, SC, 1835: topic, pictures and information - Fold3.com"


"Lewisfield Plantation, Berkeley County (U.S. Hwy. 52, Moncks Corner vicinity)"
"Lewisfield Plantation"

Lewisfield
Historic American Buildings Survey
Lewisfield, U.S. Route 52 vicinity, Moncks Corner, Berkeley County, SC

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