plantation house
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. It was built about 1860, and is a two-story, five bay by five bay, square
Italianate
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style frame dwelling with a cruciform plan. The house rests on high brick piers and is capped by a low deck-on-hip roof. It features lavish wooden and plaster ornamentation and center bay porches on each elevation. Also on the property are the contributing kitchen,
smokehouse
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, and storehouse.
It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1975.
The house is open for tours by appointment.