Borough House Plantation, also known as Borough House, Hillcrest Plantation and Anderson Place, is an historic
plantation on
South Carolina Highway 261, north of its intersection with
U.S. Route 76/
US Route 378 in
Stateburg, in the
High Hills of Santee near
Sumter, South Carolina
Sumter ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Sumter County, South Carolina, United States. Known as the Sumter Metropolitan Statistical Area, the namesake county adjoins Clarendon and Lee to form the core of Sumter-Lee-Clarendon Tri-county (o ...
. A
National Historic Landmark, the plantation is noted as the largest assemblage of high-style pisé (
rammed earth) structures in the United States. The
main house and six buildings on the plantation were built using this technique, beginning in 1821.
The plantation is also notable as the home of Confederate Army General
Richard H. Anderson Richard Anderson (1926–2017) was an American actor.
Richard, Rich, Richie, or Dick Anderson may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* Richard Dean Anderson (born 1950), American actor
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Description and history
The original house built in 1758 served at different times during the
American Revolution as headquarters for both British General
Lord Cornwallis and
Continental Army
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General
Nathanael Greene. The second house was built in 1820 of
rammed earth by
William Wallace Anderson, M.D. It was designed by architect A.C. Jones.
On October 7, 1821, Anderson's wife, the former Mary Jane Mackensie, gave birth at home to their son,
Richard H. Anderson Richard Anderson (1926–2017) was an American actor.
Richard, Rich, Richie, or Dick Anderson may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* Richard Dean Anderson (born 1950), American actor
* Richard L. Anderson (sound effects editor) (1977–2013) ...
. He later served as a
Confederate Army
The Confederate States Army, also called the Confederate Army or the Southern Army, was the military land force of the Confederate States of America (commonly referred to as the Confederacy) during the American Civil War (1861–1865), fighting ...
general in the American Civil War. Stateburg was originally called ''Stateborough'', as when the town was laid out, Borough House was the only residence in it.
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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. It was also designed by Jones.
In 1851, Joel Roberts Poinsett, physician, American statesman and botanist (for whom the poinsettia
The poinsettia ( or ) (''Euphorbia pulcherrima'') is a commercially important flowering plant species of the diverse spurge family Euphorbiaceae. Indigenous to Mexico and Central America, the poinsettia was first described by Europeans in 1834 ...
is named), died while visiting Dr. Anderson. He was buried in the churchyard across the road.[ and ] It is also part of the defined Stateburg Historic District, as is the Church of the Holy Cross.
See also
* List of National Historic Landmarks in South Carolina
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References
External links
History of Church & Joel R. Poinsett
* ttp://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
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TopoQuest map of Borough Plantation
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Rammed earth buildings and structures
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