Crawford's Plantation House is a

plantation house A plantation house is the main house of a plantation, often a substantial farmhouse, which often serves as a symbol for the plantation as a whole. Plantation houses in the Southern United States and in other areas are known as quite grand and ...

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of architectural significance. The building reflects an

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Greek Revival Sea Island

cotton plantation Plantations are farms specializing in cash crops, usually mainly planting a single crop, with perhaps ancillary areas for vegetables for eating and so on. Plantations, centered on a plantation house, grow crops including cotton, cannabis, tobacco ...

. Between 1889 and 1899, one-story polygonal projections at the front were added. An earlier porch was replaced in the twentieth century, and the back porch has been enclosed. The plantation was listed in the National Register on June 8, 1993.

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National Register of Historic Places in Charleston County, South Carolina Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina Houses in Charleston County, South Carolina Greek Revival houses in South Carolina Houses completed in 1840 Cotton plantations in South Carolina 1840 establishments in South Carolina {{CharlestonCountySC-NRHP-stub

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