The Lydia Plantation, also known as the Benjamin Sydney Josey Farm, in

Lydia, South Carolina Lydia Plantation house Lydia (formerly Mount Elon) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Darlington County, South Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population of the CDP was 642. It is the location ...

is a historic plantation and house. The house was designed by

Charles Coker Wilson Charles C. Wilson (November 20, 1864 – 1933), whose full name is Charles Coker Wilson, was an American architect based in Columbia, South Carolina. Wilson was born in Hartsville, South Carolina, and graduated from South Carolina College with ...

and his firm

Wilson, Sompayrac & Urquhart Wilson, Sompayrac & Urquhart was an architectural firm in South Carolina, and Wilson & Sompayrac was its successor, after Urquhart split off to form another firm. Wilson & Sompayrac was dissolved in 1919, when Wilson returned to practicing alone and ...

. It was built in 1910 and expanded in 1920. A area including the plantation house was listed as a

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...

on the U.S.

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in 2010. It is listed for its architecture and/or engineering. The listing includes 16

contributing buildings In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distric ...

, one additional

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and one additional

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. A sixteen-sided office and two octagonal farm buildings are included in the property.

References

National Register of Historic Places in Darlington County, South Carolina Octagonal buildings in the United States Neoclassical architecture in South Carolina Houses completed in 1910 Houses in Darlington County, South Carolina Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina {{DarlingtonCountySC-NRHP-stub