Borough House Plantation

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caption =
location= SC 261, N. Kings Hwy.
Stateburg, South Carolina
locmapin = South Carolina
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built =1758, 1820
architect= William Wallace Anderson, M.D.
architecture= Greek Revival, Rammed earth
designated= March 23, 1972cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1273&ResourceType=Building
title=Borough House |accessdate=2008-03-18|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = March 23, 1972cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=72001224

Borough House Plantation, also known as Borough House, Hillcrest Plantation and Anderson Place, is an historic place in Stateburg, in the High Hills of Santee near Sumter, South Carolina.

The original house built in 1758 served at different times during the American Revolution as headquarters for both British General Lord Cornwallis and American General Nathanael Greene. [ [http://south-carolina-plantations.com/sumter/borough.html Borough Plantation - Stateburg, Sumter County, South Carolina SC ] ]

The second house was built in 1820 of rammed earth by William Wallace Anderson, M.D. On October 7, 1821, his wife, the former Mary Jane Mackensie, gave birth there to their son, Richard H. Anderson, the future Confederate Army general. [ [http://www.rootsweb.com/~scdacudc/ Dick Anderson Chapter #75, United Daughters of the Confederacy ] ]

Stateburg was originally called "Stateborough", and when the town was laid out, Borough House was the only residence in it, hence the name. [ [http://src1.cas.sc.edu/dept2/iss/SCNames/index.php?action=showPage&book=2&volume=13&page=35 Anderson, Sallie B., "Plantation Names Near Stateburg", Names in South Carolina, November 1966, vol. 13, p, 31] ]

In 1850-1852, Dr. Anderson chaired the committee that built the Church of the Holy Cross of rammed earth across the road from Borough Hall. In 1851, Joel Roberts Poinsett, physician, American statesman and botanist. died while visiting Dr. Anderson and was buried in the churchyard across the road.

Its National Historic Landmark description states: :"Constructed in 1821, the Borough House Plantation complex contains the oldest and largest collection of "high style" pise de terre (rammed earth) buildings in the United States. Six of the 27 dependencies and portions of the main house were constructed using this ancient technique, which was introduced to this country in 1806 through the book RURAL ECONOMY by S.W. Johnson."

On March 23, 1972, Borough Hall Plantation was added to the National Register of Historic Places and declared a National Historic Landmark.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/72001224.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Borough House Plantation] |32 KB|date=January 15, 1988 |author=Richard K. Anderson, Jr. |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/72001224.pdf "Accompanying nine photos, exterior and aerial, from 1978, 1979, 1985, and 1986"] |32 KB]

Borough Hall Plantation is located on SC 261 0.8 mi. N of its intersection with U.S. Route 76/ US Route 378. It is in the Stateburg Historic District.

The South Carolina Department of Archives and History summary is here.cite web|url=http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/sumter/S10817743001/index.htm
title=Borough House Plantation, Sumter County (SC Hwy 261, Stateburg vicinity) |accessdate=2008-03-18|work=National Register Properties in South Carolina listing|publisher=South Carolina Department of Archives and History]

References

External links

* [http://www.sumter-sc-tourism.com/church.html History of Church & Joel R. Poinsett]
* [http://webs.ashlandctc.org/jnapora/hum-faculty/syllabi/trad.html Paper on Rammed Earth with a History of Church of the Holy Cross]
* [http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/sumter/S10817743001/index.htm Borough House Plantation, Sumter County (SC Hwy 261, Stateburg vicinity)] , at South Carolina Department of Archives and History
* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.sc0358 Borough House, West Side State Route 261, about .1 mile south side of junction with old Garners Ferry Road, Stateburg, Sumter County, SC: 65 photos, 4 color photos, 30 drawings, 55 data pages] , at Historic American Building Survey. Outbuildings and other related Borough House buildings are covered in additional HABS photosets, available by [http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/hhquery.html search of HABS/HAER here] .
* [http://www.topoquest.com/map.asp?lon=-80.5345292&lat=33.9512659&datum=nad83 TopoQuest map of Borough Plantation]