Myrtle Moor is a historic plantation house located near Sumter,

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. It was built about 1825–1840, and is a large, two-story, "L"-shaped" frame farmhouse embellished with vernacular interpretations of the

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and

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styles.. The front façade features a one-story full shed roof porch supported by six chamfered wooden posts. Also on the property are the contributing commissary, a barn, and a speculated servant's quarters/kitchen. It was added to the

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in 1983.

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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 Federal architecture in South Carolina Houses completed in 1840 Houses in Sumter County, South Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Sumter County, South Carolina {{SumterCountySC-NRHP-stub