Chicora Wood Plantation

The Chicora Wood Plantation (originally known as Matanzas) is a former rice plantation in Georgetown County, South Carolina.^[2] The plantation itself was established sometime between 1732 and 1736 and the 1819 plantation house still exists today. In 1827, Robert Francis Withers Allston (1801–1864) resigned as surveyor-general of South Carolina to take over full-time management of Chicora Wood, which he had inherited from his father. Chicora Wood served as a home base for his network of rice plantations, which produced 840,000 pounds of rice in 1850 and 1,500,000 pounds by 1860. 401 slaves worked the plantation in 1850, increasing to 630 by 1860.

Chicora Wood Plantation
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
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Location	12 miles northeast of Georgetown on County Road 52, near Georgetown, South Carolina
Coordinates	33°31′3″N 79°10′32″W / 33.51750°N 79.17556°W / 33.51750; -79.17556
Area	40 acres (16 ha)
Built	1819
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	73001710^[1]
Added to NRHP	April 11, 1973

The house was built in Greek Revival style, on a raised basement typical of the region. A number of outbuildings still survive on the complex, including the rice mill complex.^[3] It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on April 11, 1973.^[1] It is located in the Pee Dee River Rice Planters Historic District.

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Ruhf, Nancy R.; Frank Brown III (November 9, 1972). "Chicora Wood Plantation" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved July 7, 2012.
3. "Chicora Wood Plantation, Georgetown County (S.C. Sec. Rd. 52, Plantersville vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved September 22, 2011.

External links

• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. SC-482, "Chicora Wood Plantation, County Road No. 52 (north side), Georgetown, Georgetown County, SC", 13 photos, 2 photo caption pages
• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. SC-482-A, "Chicora Wood Plantation, Kitchen Building, County Road 52, Georgetown, Georgetown County, SC", 1 photo, 1 photo caption page
• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. SC-482-B, "Chicora Wood Plantation, Smokehouse, County Road 52, Georgetown, Georgetown County, SC", 1 photo, 1 photo caption page
• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. SC-482-C, "Chicora Wood Plantation, Laundry Building, County Road 52, Georgetown, Georgetown County, SC", 1 photo, 1 photo caption page
• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. SC-482-D, "Chicora Wood Plantation, Rice Threshing Mill, County Road 52, Georgetown, Georgetown County, SC", 1 photo, 1 photo caption page
• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. SC-482-E, "Chicora Wood Plantation, Rice Shipping House, County Road 52, Georgetown, Georgetown County, SC", 1 photo, 1 photo caption page
• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. SC-482-F, "Chicora Wood Plantation, Cabin, County Road 52, Georgetown, Georgetown County, SC", 1 photo, 1 photo caption page
• Chicora Wood Plantation photos and history