Davis Plantation is a historic plantation house located near Monticello,

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. It was built about 1845, and is a two-story, white frame

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style house. It has a hipped roof and two mammoth chimneys. It features a gabled front

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supported by four square, paneled

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columns. The house was built by James B. Davis, descendant of Revolutionary War Captain, James Kincaid, and an early pioneer in South Carolina agricultural development. It was added to the

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in 1971.

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Plantation houses in South Carolina Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina Greek Revival houses in South Carolina Houses completed in 1845 Houses in Fairfield County, South Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Fairfield County, South Carolina {{FairfieldCountySC-NRHP-stub