Valencia is a historic

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 e ...

located near Ridgeway,

Fairfield County, South Carolina Fairfield County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 20,948. Its county seat is Winnsboro. Fairfield County is part of the Columbia, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area. History 18t ...

. It was built in 1834, and is a large two-story frame house on a brick pier foundation. The house features a hipped roof, two mammoth chimneys, and a broad one-story

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with unique elliptical arches. Valencia was built by Edward Gendron Palmer, a leader in civic, political, and religious life of Ridgeway and Fairfield County. 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 Houses completed in 1834 Houses in Fairfield County, South Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Fairfield County, South Carolina {{FairfieldCountySC-NRHP-stub