Lawson's Pond Plantation 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 ...

located near

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Berkeley County, South Carolina Berkeley County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, its population was 229,861. Its county seat is Moncks Corner, South Carolina, Moncks Corner, and the larg ...

. It was built about 1823, and is a large two-story clapboard structure set upon high foundations. It has a hipped roof and features a one-story

piazza A town square (or public square, urban square, city square or simply square), also called a plaza or piazza, is an open public space commonly found in the heart of a traditional town or city, and which is used for community gatherings. Rela ...

along the front and left facades. . It was listed in the

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in 1977.

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* * Historic American Buildings Survey in South Carolina Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina Houses completed in 1823 Houses in Berkeley County, South Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Berkeley County, South Carolina Plantations in South Carolina Plantation houses in South Carolina {{SouthCarolina-plantation-stub